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                                                                                                            Memphis July 1^st

 

                                    Dear brother

                                                It is with pleasure I now address you these few lines to let you know that I am not very well but able to doing duty I have fell away about 20 pounds in the past 6 weeks which begins to tell on my strength quite fast We have got 6 guns now we are under marching orders now I believe but donot expect to march for a week or more yet We have drawn 70 or 80 new horses now they are nice looking horses I will not write anything this time as I did not intend to write/ a letter when I seated myself

 

                                                                                                yours as ever

                                                                                                Jefferson S. Loveridge

John B. Loveridge

 

P.S. Direct as beffore to Memphis

                                                Tenn

 

                                                            send me some stamps

                                                                        postage

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