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They are laying in Syracuse, waiting for further orders
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They are now in St. Louis and shwoing little signs of movement with only 500 men good to fight since many are sick with measles and other things. -
The soldiers were paid today and Joseph was happy about it. -
He went on a picket and they had a "warm time" doing it. They killed two rebels that were also on a picket and they belonged to the 14th Illinois. -
Joseph sent this letter with 40 dollars in it since it was pay day. The 40 dollars was for him when he got back from war or if he got killed it was for his brother, sister and Sarah Rhodes to keep. -
They caught six guerillas while marching from Lagrange Tennessee. -
They arrived in Bolivar on September 16 after leaving Memphis on September 5th. They are expecting an attack from 30,000 but they are ready because the night before they had 4 trains of solider come and join. -
He is in Memphis as he has been for the last 5 months and a lot of people are turning to the union -
Joseph is not feeling good. Captain Dablin is under arrest for going home without leave. Joseph was thinking about but now he won't. -
He is in good health now and they have left Memphis. They are in Nashville now, waiting for their equipment so they can start heading for Decatur, Alabama. -
They arrived in Alabama and they have been busy with fights with the rebels. They have lost 2 men in the last fight. -
They cut the rebels communications off and they met them and the rebels left their dead and wounded men on the field. They captured a lot of prisoners'. -
They got to the camp near savannah Georgia and found that the rebels left their big guns there. -
Joseph sent 150 dollars to his wife for Christmas which is equal to $1,761 of todays money.