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all of which I had to superintend consequently you may judge how much idle time I have had. and if we march as soon as I think we will I will not be very idle for sometime to come.  One of the discharge papers I have been making out is for Wm. Appleton  It is the opinion of the Drs. that he will not be able to stand military life much longer therefore they recommended a discharge for him.  The other two ware for Jerry Johnson of Connorsville and William Harris who belongs somewhere in the north part of Union County.  He has been home nearly all winter and left Liberty only a 8 or 10 days since. Perhapse you saw or heard of him while there. Their papers will all be finished in a day or two and they may be expected in Liberty in a few days, but maybe not for 2 weeks.  Homer Smith Ol. Goodwin and John Marshall are still at the Barracks or Hospital in Louisville.  The rest of the Union Co. Boys are all with the Company and generally well.  I have been to the city of Nashville but the one time, but I am told that there is a great change for the better there, as the citizens are not molested in the least by our troops and Govenor Johnson has established a Union Military Government.  Consequently the residents begin to have more confidence and where two weeks since evrything was quiet and desolate now is active buisness.  Gov Johnson Parson Brownlow and Mr Etheridge have all mad powerful and telling speeches here within the last week.  They all scared the Secesh part of the population unmercifully.  I am sorry I did not get to hear them.  I read their Speeches in the Nashville papers.  You perhapse have read them in the papers before this time.  I saw a Cincinnati Commercial this evening of the 15th inst which looked as familiar as an old friend.  I got the most intelligence in that of the heavy battle at Pea Ridge Arkansas that I had ever yet had.  It was a Bloody but glorious affair.  Do you know if the Regt that Mark belongs to was in the fight or not.  I also learn in 

[up left page side:] but we were promised plenty of sickness if we went further south, by an old lady who remarked to Burgess and Sering as they were passing along the. Oh says she God is just he will avenge our wrongs, and if you go further South, what of you our men do not kill, will die of disease. Thats encourageing aint it.  I wonder if she knows that the yankees (as she calls us) can stand the

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all of which I had to superintend consequently you may judge how much idle time I have had. and if we march as soon as I think we will I will not be very idle for sometime to come. One of the discharge papers I have been making out is for Wm. Appleton It is the opinion of the Drs. that he will not be able to stand military life much longer therefore they recommended a discharge for him. The other two ware for Jerry Johnson of Connorsville and William Harris who belongs somewhere in the north part of Union County. He has been home nearly all winter and left Liberty only a 8 or 10 days since. Perhapse you saw or heard of him while there. Their papers will all be finished in a day or two and they may be expected in Liberty in a few days, but maybe not for 2 weeks. Homer Smith Ol. Goodwin and John Marshall are still at the Barracks or Hospital in Louisville. The rest of the Union Co. Boys are all with the Company and generally well. I have been to the city of Nashville but the one time, but I am told that there is a great change for the better there, as the citizens are not molested in the least by our troops and Govenor Johnson has established a Union Military Government. Consequently the residents begin to have more confidence and where two weeks since evrything was quiet and desolate now is active buisness. Gov Johnson Parson Brownlow and Mr Etheridge have all mad powerful and telling speeches here within the last week. They all scared the Secesh part of the population unmercifully. I am sorry I did not get to hear them. I read their Speeches in the Nashville papers. You perhapse have read them in the papers before this time. I saw a Cincinnati Commercial this evening of the 15th inst which looked as familiar as an old friend. I got the most intelligence in that of the heavy battle at Pea Ridge Arkansas that I had ever yet had. It was a Bloody but glorious affair. Do you know if the Regt that Mark belongs to was in the fight or not. I also learn in [up left page side:] but we were promised plenty of sickness if we went further south, by an old lady who remarked to Burgess and Sering as they were passing along the. Oh says she God is just he will avenge our wrongs, and if you go further South, what of you our men do not kill, will die of disease. Thats encourageing aint it. I wonder if she knows that the yankees (as she calls us) can stand the