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The Seventy-Eighth Regiment was always in demand,
and did a large share of the work of the expedition. No regiment
in the service is better drilled, more patient or enduring; no
other regiment stands higher in the estimation of the Army Corps
and Division officers. Patriotic, faithful, brave and true as
steel, it has made an enviable record. From first to last, Company
E has maintained a higher rank, as a prompt and faithful company,
second to none in the regiment. Morgan county may well be proud
of it. During the entire march to Meridian and back, with all
its side marches and foraging expeditions, making in the aggregate
over four hundred miles of travel, the Seventy-Eighth had fewer
men in ambulances, or riding upon mules, horses, or the wagons,
than any other regiment in both Army Corps.
We hope to be able to start for Ohio soon, (about
the 26th,) but may not get off so soon, as it is difficult to
procure transportation for the many veteran troops that are to
go home on furlough. I would like to write more, but time forbids,
and my letter has already become lengthy.
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