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bu[y]ing any think [sic] -neither for money nor thanks-when-
ever my thots do wander there and concentrate on one particular
object not a thousand miles from Harrison Co-I am miserable--
God save and bless the women until we all get back any K how-
and when we do return there will [be] more on docket than
physolosophy ever dreampt of-well Speaking of dreaming I
drempt of my Sweet Heart and Daddy last night and what I
drempt I cant call to mind-but it was something about war[ ?]
and money[?] There are some pretty Senorita's here and it is a
fact I am getting so I cannot speak the English language-quite
a Mexican--indeed-travelled about 20 miles-and campt at
Camp Rock hill-and great heavens how hot it is-Now I will
tell you something that you will not believe but it is so-on our
arrival there we bot a Shoat for dinner and after it was killed
it lay in the Sun (2 oclock) until the water het and on taking
the Pig up to put it in the water the hair sliped off perfectly
smooth-now whether the sun did this or nature caused it I
cannot tell-Waggon mules giving out-Several quite sick as to
our dinner however we had shoat, kid and eggs had chicken and
eggs for breakfast-dont we live well-remained here all night-
Camp Knott-from the fact of his Shooting Guinn ['s] horse by
accident-Reed orders to be ready to march at 3 oclock to night--
in order to make Comago before the heat of the day came on-
one or two very sick-such marching and such weather is enough
to kill the d-1-to day a little hotter than any yet-
15th. mercifull heavens how hot--got on the dirtiest shirt I
ever saw Reached the San Juan after a forced and fatiguing march
of 61 days-18 miles and camp on the bank-a few miles from
town-to day we travelled a North course thro. a wild desert
looking Perairie chapperal-Some Grand Spectacles-hot enough
to cook an egg-visited Comargo in the evening-it has been a
place of business-but now under marshall law-The Square is
filled up with Genl T ['s] tents-Every thing in a state of dilap-
idation-the town is situated on the San Juan 2 or 3 miles on
the right bank of the Rio Grand-the San Juan in size and ap-
pearance resembles the Sabine-on account of the Texas Infantry
being about to be disbanded and old Taylors bad treatment to
us as well as them-a great many of our Regiment have mani-
fested a desire to go hom [e] but the Col gave us a war talk and
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