From E.P. Duncan to Mr. S. Wildbahn and Ransome Butler

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Desha Co Arkansas August the 17th 1864 , Mr. S. Wildbahn Ransome Butler
Dear Sirs &

Mississipy River [[MS. illegible]] the army Western Mo Mirrit Young General Green s Division St. Louis Mo the army the Army Miss River Price Mo. Mo Camden Mo. Price Sunday the army I write this letter to let you my whareabouts, this County is bounded on the east by the and I am about 16 miles of the same not knowing what Rout I will next take, having since I wrote to you changed my plan of procedure to go with . but yesterday I fell in with my old friend from who Commands a redgement in from [.] he advises me not to undertake to go with for it would be more than I could stand in my feeble condition and, that my mare never would stand the trip, consequently[.] I have hartely declined going with and must fall on some other plan[.] that plan has not developed its self yet but I think I will try to get on a boat or Cross the and go up on the other side but what may turn up to change my notion in a day or two I cannot say for I am changing my notions and plans every day to suit the emergencies of the cases as they present, them, but I intend to keep trying every plan to accomplish my homeward movement[.] I have learned from hearsay [that?] the present movement of (General) I should say is to go to and that is the cause of his refusing to let any person pass his lines in front[.] his Adjutant General when I went to get a pass stated that the movement was for [.] this I learned after I wrote to you from but I have to know nothing, on the subject but what common rumor says[.] but there is no dout but what there is a bigg expedition on foot and that towards I pased s pontoon bridges on the road to this place on and all that I have pased is go that way[.] I pased a brigade yesterday and was halted by the advanced pockets and kept till day break. I never know when I’m out of there pockets[.]