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to be gagged and bound hand and foot. 3d. That ye weather 

 hath proved unpropitious for several days, raining heavily 

 when ye humble servant did hope to go round and view 

 ye beauties of ye delicate upturned nose of Baton Rouge. 

 4th. That ye three commissioned officers of Co. G not 

 knowing better than to all fall sick at once and go to ye 

 hospital, ye subscriber was immediately detailed to take 

 charge and command of ye Co. to be obeyed and respected 

 accordingly; an honor by no means congenial since being 

 alone it bringeth many cares. That ye paymaster, that 

 much-desired individual, hath again disappointed ye ex- 

 pectants and left us, like Patience on ye monument, to 

 regret ye continued absence of ye "root of all evil." 

 6th. That ye reasons and ye causes multiply so fast we 

 would fain subscribe ourselves in bonds of Auld Lang Syne. 

 With lots of love to thyself, thy family and Sister Eben- 

 ezer, Daddy, 



H. H. GOODELL. 



We had a division review ordered to-day but it has been 

 countermanded. I wrote you and Furnald on the receipt 

 of your letters, somewhere about the 12th of this month. 



But this camp-life was not to last. Admiral Farragut 

 wished to run his fleet past the batteries of Port Hudson, 

 that he might intercept the Red River traffic and cooperate 

 with General Grant at Vicksburg; and he asked General 

 Banks to make a demonstration behind the fortress. The 

 movement was intended as a diversion. General Banks at 

 once put his army in motion, and the 25th Connecticut, 

 with a squadron of horse and a battery of regular artillery- 

 men, commenced the advance on March 10. Five miles 



