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a condition that we are bound to triumph and that Speedily I wonder what the Croakers begin to think of the Slow motions of the Administration and Gen McClelland now. They have adapted the Motto of Old Hickory Jackson, that is be sure you are right then go ahead. Now their policy begins to show and explains itself. On Wednesday night I received your letter of the 9th Inst. And this evening here was a verry large mail received by the Regiment which had been forwarded from New Haven and I awaited verry impatiently for one houre while the mail was being assorted hoping to get one or two myself but was doomed to disappointment as none come for me.  I was exceedingly rejoiced to hear that the children was getting well again, and also to get a few lines from Orrilla as the time had begin to seem verry long between letters.  We are now on the Rail road so that we will be more likely to get our letters in good season. But there is no telling how long we will remain here. Perhaps we will remain for months and then again it may be that before this reaches you we may be on the march again.  Some of the boys received the Heralds of the 12 & 19th which was quite a treat to me at least. I was much surprised to see that the letter I wrote to the Aid Society published, as I did not write it for that purpose. I also see that some one from our camp has not been complimenting our Captain verry highly. He is Still at the Barracks, hope hel stay there.  You wrote that the Ladies of the Society wishes me to send them the letter that they sent me in reference to the last Box of goods. I am Sorry to say that I cannot comply with the request for the simple reason that I have not got it. When we ware preparing to leave Camp Wickliff, we ware ordered to not take more than our lawful amount of baggage and I was allowed to take what I could put in my trunk besides my stove and cooking utensils, therefore evrything I could do without I took out of my trunk to make room for my bedding &c. I had all the letters I had received since I had been in the State some 25

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a condition that we are bound to triumph and that Speedily I wonder what the Croakers begin to think of the Slow motions of the Administration and Gen McClelland now. They have adapted the Motto of Old Hickory Jackson, that is be sure you are right then go ahead. Now their policy begins to show and explains itself. On Wednesday night I received your letter of the 9th Inst. And this evening here was a verry large mail received by the Regiment which had been forwarded from New Haven and I awaited verry impatiently for one houre while the mail was being assorted hoping to get one or two myself but was doomed to disappointment as none come for me. I was exceedingly rejoiced to hear that the children was getting well again, and also to get a few lines from Orrilla as the time had begin to seem verry long between letters. We are now on the Rail road so that we will be more likely to get our letters in good season. But there is no telling how long we will remain here. Perhaps we will remain for months and then again it may be that before this reaches you we may be on the march again. Some of the boys received the Heralds of the 12 & 19th which was quite a treat to me at least. I was much surprised to see that the letter I wrote to the Aid Society published, as I did not write it for that purpose. I also see that some one from our camp has not been complimenting our Captain verry highly. He is Still at the Barracks, hope hel stay there. You wrote that the Ladies of the Society wishes me to send them the letter that they sent me in reference to the last Box of goods. I am Sorry to say that I cannot comply with the request for the simple reason that I have not got it. When we ware preparing to leave Camp Wickliff, we ware ordered to not take more than our lawful amount of baggage and I was allowed to take what I could put in my trunk besides my stove and cooking utensils, therefore evrything I could do without I took out of my trunk to make room for my bedding &c. I had all the letters I had received since I had been in the State some 25