| From the True Issue (Lagrange, Tex.) |
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| March 5, 1863 |
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| Camp Groce, near Hempstead |
| Feb. 15th, 1863 |
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| Editor, True Issue |
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| Dear Sir, |
| Again
in camp, I propose to inform you of our whereabouts.
After a series of adventures, running the gauntlet of a score
of braces of bright eyes, more or less, I reached camp yesterday, and
found the boys all and well and in fine spirits.
The first division of our Reg't (Green's) left here last Sunday
for New Iberia, and Companies A. and I. were ordered to leave this
morning; but the requisite preparations not having been completed, we
are still here, expecting, however, to leave to-morrow.
The First Reg't have all gone, and three Companies of the third
Reg't. Scarcity of
transportation is what is detaining us.
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| Yours, &c. |
| A. N. |
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| P. S. Feb
17th We have had a heavy rain for two days which has
delayed our going. There
is no telling when we will leave here.
The cars are not passing now, owing to the rising of the
creeks. The bridge over
Clear creek, three miles below
Hempstead
{on the Houston & Texas Central RR} is crumbling down and will need repairing before the train can pass. |
| A. N. |
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