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"A suckcessful Rade," – cutting oph a turnpike within the enama's lines, and bringing in a blind mule, and 2 niggers tu board.

"Reserv'd Korps," – this i take it means our ophisers; who die at the tavern stands, and are stuffed, and cent home tu berry.

"Bace of supplize," – Unkle Samuel's pocket-Book.

"Pickitts," – these are surplus chaps, who ar cent out tu borry turbacker, and to see if the kussed rebels hav got enny pass.

"An Armstise," – giving the enema tu chances tu git licked instead ov one.

"Militara Stratergee," – trying to reduse a swamp by ketching the bilyus fever out ov it.

"Lite Hoss Calvary," – picked men who ride the hosses tu drink, when tha git thin.

"Rekrutin Ophisers," – individuals who are cent into the rural destriks, on a furlong, to rekrute – themselfs.

"Armee Rashuns," – back pay, and preserved beef!

"Quartring on the enemee," – this phraze is defunkted, bekaze its contraree tu Hoyle.

"War Hoops," – jist the things fur a hot da, the injuns used tu hav them.

"Corte Marshall," – where tha tri the misdemeners out ov an ophiser, so that he'll du to promoat.

"Forage Partee," – Them who goes out to kech a hastack, and gits lost in a forage ov treeze and haint been herd from sinse.

"On tu Richmond," – that's tu sa if the kussed rebels will allow it.

"Parralel lines," – are them kind of lines that never cum together.

"Militara necessita," – ten ophisers and a gallon ov whiski to every three privates.

"Onluce the dogs ov war;" – but muzzle the darn kritters; if you don't, somebody will get hurt.

"War of Exterminashun," – this fraze belongs holey tu the Kommissara Department.

"Advance Gard," – this is a gard tha hav tu hav in our army tu keep our fellers from pichin in tu the enema frontwards.

"Rere Gard," – this is a gard that hav tu keep our fellers, when tha are surrounded from pitching intu the enema backwards.

"Awl quiet on the Potermuck," – this shows what perfect subjekshun our fellers are under.