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Stevenson Ala. April 12th 1864 Dear Parents; I received Georgia's letter day before yesterday, and as I now have a letter from Henry Hays, who has received a commission and is going home tomorrow. He got his discharge from the 149th. lucky boy. I have little news to write. I see by the papers that the 11th and 12th corps have been consolidated, and are now called the 20th corps, who are under the command of General Hooker, and that General Slocum has been relieved of his command and ordered to report to General Sherman. I would rather be under the command of Slocum than Hooker for he drinks a great deal less whiskey. Our Regiment which has been guarding the Railroad Bridges for about 5 miles above Stevenson were relieved yesterday by the 102nd N.Y. of our Brigade. We were having a pretty easy time of it, having all got good quarters, but little to do. But Lieut. Col. Randal wasn't satisfied so he got us to come down to Stevenson where we can work on the big fort that they are building, go on dress parades, reviews, and so on. When we got into town the other day they brought us to a place where there wasn't anything to build a shanty with within a half mile, but there was a Calvary stable close by that was covered with Alabama shingles or shakes as they would call them. After we had stacked arms the 149th made a bold rush for the roof, and the way those shakes flew was a caution. In a short time we all had enough to build us a summer house. There is quite a number of new recruits with the regiment now. I saw them out drilling yesterday, and I should think there was about a hundred of them. There are more men in the Regiment now without the new recruits than at any time since we left Brooks Station for Chancellorsville. Nearly all of the men who were in the hospitals and at home have now returned and with the new recruits we will make a decent show once more. Oliver |
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