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their command.  Our Army is now in as good a condition for an engagement as ever they ware since they have been in the Service 
We have laid Still long enough to be well rested and yesterday all the Sick and Covalescents ware sent to the Hospitals and Barracks at Nashville and other places and by way of judgeing the present good health of Our Regt, I will tell how many was sent from the different Regts of this brigade.  The 97th Ohio Sent 93 who ware able to walk besides all they could haul in their ambulances. The 57 Ind. Sent 54 on foot besides what had to be hauled.  The 40th Ind I did not herar.  The Old 15th Sent 3 all told So you See we are in good health.  There has not been a sick list made out in Co. "I" for more than one week.  If you ever saw a good hunting dog demonstrating his joy at the sight of his master with his gun on his shoulder you can form Some idea of how the boys conducted themselves all this forenoon when they could hear the cannon and was told that there was a prospect of a fight 
People may moralize as much as they please but I say that Woods division is anctious to go in. They have been fearing that they would have to march Somewhere near Chatanooga before meeting the enemy but now when they think the enemy is comeing to us in place of us going to them their joy Knows no bounds. 
We have just heard that the Rebs Succeeded in captureing near 2000 of our men near Gallatin a few days since. They dressed in our Uniforms and carried our flag, (the Stars and Stripes) and by that means marched into our lines without any suspicions of who they ware until they had evrything in their own power 
They took our forces prisoners and then retreated and Gen Thomas followed then and retook all the arms and baggage and a part of the prisoners. Sharp Rebs I Say 
The recruiting Officers from this Regt returned yesterday after an absence of nearly 4 months. They numbered eleven men and brought back the astonishing number of nine

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their command. Our Army is now in as good a condition for an engagement as ever they ware since they have been in the Service We have laid Still long enough to be well rested and yesterday all the Sick and Covalescents ware sent to the Hospitals and Barracks at Nashville and other places and by way of judgeing the present good health of Our Regt, I will tell how many was sent from the different Regts of this brigade. The 97th Ohio Sent 93 who ware able to walk besides all they could haul in their ambulances. The 57 Ind. Sent 54 on foot besides what had to be hauled. The 40th Ind I did not herar. The Old 15th Sent 3 all told So you See we are in good health. There has not been a sick list made out in Co. "I" for more than one week. If you ever saw a good hunting dog demonstrating his joy at the sight of his master with his gun on his shoulder you can form Some idea of how the boys conducted themselves all this forenoon when they could hear the cannon and was told that there was a prospect of a fight People may moralize as much as they please but I say that Woods division is anctious to go in. They have been fearing that they would have to march Somewhere near Chatanooga before meeting the enemy but now when they think the enemy is comeing to us in place of us going to them their joy Knows no bounds. We have just heard that the Rebs Succeeded in captureing near 2000 of our men near Gallatin a few days since. They dressed in our Uniforms and carried our flag, (the Stars and Stripes) and by that means marched into our lines without any suspicions of who they ware until they had evrything in their own power They took our forces prisoners and then retreated and Gen Thomas followed then and retook all the arms and baggage and a part of the prisoners. Sharp Rebs I Say The recruiting Officers from this Regt returned yesterday after an absence of nearly 4 months. They numbered eleven men and brought back the astonishing number of nine