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of the whole war will be done and near that place. Mis-
sissippians are not given to surrendering or
even retreating, especially when the eyes of their mothers
and wives and sisters are upon them. It is not
improbable that the attack is even now going
on, as the sound of very distant cannon has been
heard all the morning. We are 40 miles distant in
a direct line.

We held our Convention, as usual. The
attendance of Clergy was better than I expected. -
that of the Laity small. You will see in
the "Intelligencer" all that was of any interest
in our proceedings.

I will keep a look-out in our Hospitals
for the brother of yourself & Major Beard. When
you write to them, tell them to come straight to my
house, instead of going to a hospital, in case of
them being either sick or wounded. I have not
for some time, been without two or three disabled
soldiers under my roof.

I must now conclude after begging to
be remembered affectionately to yr good wife and
my excellent friend Lt Major. May God bless
each one of you. Believe me, very sincerely
and with the highest regard.

Yr friend & brother in [?]
W.M. Green

P.S. Br. Oty thanks you for yr invitation to come to [?]-
[?], but thinks that he had better remain for
the present where he is.