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Headquarters 75th Ills Vol
Chattanooga Sept 27th 1863

Dearest Lydia,
I take this first oppor-
-tunity to give you in detail some
of the movements of this Regt & of
myself in particular
Exerpt a short letter of a dozzen lines
the last was written from the sum-
mit of Lookout mountain near
Little rines falls while doing picket
duty and at 11 oclock A.M. of the 18th
this Brigade was ordered forward
the whole army having gone forward
and this Brig was left behind as rear
guard - This morning the wind
whipped round into the north & it
became cloudy which was every way
favorable for a long severe march which
we plainly understood was our fate
for that day, twenty five miles being
the distance we must make before camp