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03_1862-12-16 Page 03
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but that may be on account of the timber and hills. you cant see ahouse or plantation very far. what few houses there is is nearly always back of the field & out of sight from the road. I have not avery good oppinion of what I have saw of the sunny south for afarming Country. I think the more a man owns the poorer he is, I would consider it that way anyhow. it will do very well to soldier in, plenty of timber, and tolerably well watered. though we have plenty of wood any place where rails are plenty. Well I dont know what more to write I guess I had better quit. it seems to me I have been writing rather a whining letter anyhow. but if I have I didnt mean it for I never was in better health nor in better spirits. if anything bothers me it must be my tobacco. tobacco here is about three dollars a pound and not very plenty at that I think I shal have to quit using it. especially if our old sutler dont bring on anew stock pretty soon. Write as soon as you can and when any of you writes write some newspaper news, for I expect it will be sometime before we get to where we will know whats going on except in our own Camp. I hardly know how to have you direct your letters for if they are directed to Memphis they will have to go back to Columbus Ky & come the Rail Road I expect you had better just direct them to the 6th. Iowa and trust the rest to the Post Masters nothing more at present Oliver
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but that may be on account of the timber and hills. you cant see ahouse or plantation very far. what few houses there is is nearly always back of the field & out of sight from the road. I have not avery good oppinion of what I have saw of the sunny south for afarming Country. I think the more a man owns the poorer he is, I would consider it that way anyhow. it will do very well to soldier in, plenty of timber, and tolerably well watered. though we have plenty of wood any place where rails are plenty. Well I dont know what more to write I guess I had better quit. it seems to me I have been writing rather a whining letter anyhow. but if I have I didnt mean it for I never was in better health nor in better spirits. if anything bothers me it must be my tobacco. tobacco here is about three dollars a pound and not very plenty at that I think I shal have to quit using it. especially if our old sutler dont bring on anew stock pretty soon. Write as soon as you can and when any of you writes write some newspaper news, for I expect it will be sometime before we get to where we will know whats going on except in our own Camp. I hardly know how to have you direct your letters for if they are directed to Memphis they will have to go back to Columbus Ky & come the Rail Road I expect you had better just direct them to the 6th. Iowa and trust the rest to the Post Masters nothing more at present Oliver
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