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�1865 Camp 2nd Me Cavalry Barrancas Fla March 12 Dear Mother i seat myself to write you a few lines to let you know that i am well and hope that theas few lines will find you the same i dont think of mutch to write this time Capt Haskell has been discharged and Lieut Richmond is to be Capt and the boys all feel pretty glad about it We heard that they had began to fite at mobile last nite we heard that thear was five hundred killed on our side the troops that started the other nite are a building the old railrod are from Pensacola to Montgomery to carry supplies on