, 1862-08-19
FROM. THE RLOTILLA,


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I date this letter from the forlornest place
In the qod-foresken stata of Arkansaa. An
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opan1on ~iucH Lille VIII oo co.cutiEu III ~
every soldier and sailor doomed bY the1r GOV
ernment to few Feekb' eojourn In 1t. Before
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no1se taneVeSa 1. aae eenee en"oeeu 1oi tao
better since. A curse hangs over 1t, and
regiment of saints would not Improve Its
,barac+a- 4,ar4tcular1v II thav had a eut1er
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have indeed 1e1s' pus aneaf places are hl1eo
with Jews and suffers, and we can find no |
,ansa FIR conp71tn lat}on IN the chsnpa rThesa
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sna1As Polooe" " pau VI *opoely hcaaoa1oua
to humanity and our age, worse by far than
7. vornntarr xh,ie +haae ma, rake a11anfaoa
- "s '1"3. 4Ds.. e''1o
OF your necess1lles and p1lef you, ~nether
you will or no. We're their victims men In
Good c1,curuetances and ah1e to stand It.
49, 50 - ~ Ia - ,..o,t 80 ~
tnen e1'me "ou4a nos oe so gfeat oat 10
wiring the miserable pittance poor soldiers
receive from his unwilling hands ia mt on1y
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cIame ou1 DusMng aisgtase oa oar gos-
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nu9 elAaGls.e0 i1A - s4al suosse4usaAe
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1.e ceh;s ;a 1a ~. ~ y. nasf;o .u 1,sS he ssTed
tot & "a y - ~ paoa-,sa 10 @ ~ - ,9aot,,
~ tend d n tf7e coaIse fare ;s comrades lived an
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az 4.taea moe ,ennnf he nhtained fr Iess than %
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t.ir.s MAJ ma nartfc1a Thasa nan ara osE-
tn1 and ohtaining & - thrs. .a4;ee for fbar vos5a
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- nan md' anTa;e- T LII a anuthfno So,
t tr;na tra;1nr to h;s conot he dss
here fnr week " @ 40 I hacE has been nnite nas.
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sanle put tns esseze VIII " .s ta. aoa as-a ~ ~;
1eat .or Halre LIZ. l,ae ,ae1, +ha cnnessnce
nnEeaeaa1 e~nea us ;nsl1eraf,s suI qnt d',rsn@
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- - - sna+ nu .J aJr .ns sta4;nne Ser,
W. ~ ~ aatbar iii M he 9f ion dnrat;on
thnneh et'e we have pot no r;p1t ia expect aay,
th;,E thn. a,ee The Teather + in keci;ng with.
fbe place. T1e sanitary condition Of the
ftotilla has been and is yet very low. Some
Of the boats are utterly unfit for ser
vice on account Of their crews; The pre-
yailirg diseases are typhoid and bilious fevers
and very aggraVatirg e phase offeVer and ague,
which after one attack leaves man too weak
to stand On bis feet. Some Of the boats have
sick lists running up to eighty and ninety.
| When it is remembered that they average only
| 120 or thirty men each, the proportion Of sick
ID very great. The ensfern men tare much the
! wore. and all the aggravated cases can be
| fcuni amopp their I1nbets. The regular
| navy officers too found pretty hard work to
| Keep on their feet When it is considered il
ayises @ ehat would Il have been st Vicksburg i
Your peopls must naturally be CUTE
aux oas to know what move
| men1s are on the tapis-especia1ly since
the flotilia abandoned the siege Of Vicks
burg sud came up The river 70 take BE:
thirk can make q pretty good prophecy i
nothtrr else, The fotilla will remain at He-
leIa until Curtis moves with his army. which
vi probably be early in September, it viii
Then proceed up the river to Memphis, Thost
boats needing repairs will be attended to, ths
do,i1la brushed 10 generally aud some brixhi
morning in early October, with one or NOR,
\ valuable additions the Mississippi hotilla vii
he seen on its way to Vicksburg, glory and th
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