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for Gen Davis

At the foot of the mountain we struck
into and followed down a deep ravine
a hundred rods in width, which grad-
-ualy widened to nearly a mile of rich,
fertile soil covered with a luxurious
growth of corn, dotted with an occa-
-sional log hut - I saw the tallest corn
stalks, here, that I ever saw in my
life, a great deal of it standing fifteen
feet high - Down this valley we also
found a large crop of peaches to which
we helped ourselves without restraint

At 12 o clock we had made 16 miles
and halted for dinner - this part of
the march was made without any
trouble and the boys felt first rate
but the remainder of the route lay
along the foot of the Mountain on the
southwest side where there was no
circulation of air and the way the sun
poured in on to us was enough to
suffocate a salamander. - we had two
men sun struck but both have since
recovered

When we reached the camp which we
did about 6 o clock of the 19th we had only
a hundred men to stack arms, the rest
lay along the road side

for Gen Davis
At the foot of the mountain we struck
into and followed down a deep ravine
a hundred rods in width which grad-
-ualy widened to nearly a mile of rich
fertile soil covered with a luxurious
growth of corn dotted with an occa-
-sional log hut-I saw the tallest corn
stalks here that I ever saw in my
life a great deal of it standing fifteem
feet high- Down this valley we also
found a large crop of peaches to which
we helped ourselves without restraint
At 12 oclock we had made 16 miles
and halted for dinner - this part of
the march was made without any
trouble and the boys felt first rate
but the remainder of the route lay
along the foot of the mountain on the
southwest side where there was no
circulation of air and they way the sun
poured in onto us was enough to
suffocate a salamander- we had two
men sun stuck but both have since
recovered
When we reached the camp which we
did about 6 oclock of the 19th we had only
a hundred men to stack arms the rest
lay along the road side