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y visited the camp. He found General Breckinridge encamped on the Comite river, a small stream with low banks and flat, wooded lands adjacent, with every malarial indication. The wan, enfeebled aspect of his men was pitiable to look upon, and he was chafing under the orders which held them inactive in such a pestilential locality. The writer had come from General Bragg, then at Chattanooga preparing to move into Kentucky, and brought with him the following letter: Chattanooga, August 8, 1862. Maj.-Gen. J. C. Breckinridge: My dear General: Having but time for a note for Mr. Johnston I must leave him to explain what he knows or suspects of the future. My army has promised to make me military governor of Ohio in 90 days (Sew ard's time for crushing the rebellion), and as they cannot do that without passing your home, I have thought you would like to have an escort to visit your family. Seriously, I should be much better satisfied were you with me on the impending campai