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April 12, 1863 is a very long letter. Only the first two pages are provided. Camp Near White Oke Church Virginia Dear Wife i now sit Down to wright you a few Lines to Let you know that i ame will and i hope that theas few Lines will find you the Same i recieved your Letter no 22 which was maild April the 6 and i was Glad to hear that your was well we are a having very Good times hear now we have enough to Eat and that is Good we drawd five Days rations Last night and i will Give you a Detail of what we Drod Potatoes turnips Beets Bread Poark Coffie Shugar molases and Carrots and we Live Like Peacocks in the Clovar now we haft to Drill 4 hours every Day and Go on Dress Paraid at sundown all but two Day and that is Sautterday and Sunday we have to Do our washing in But i Don't Do much washing for i Can git my Shirts washt for 8 cents apeace and that is Cheaper then i can Do myself and when i Git them they are Cleean Mary i tent with A S Green Earl Green and Wills Green and we have Got the Best house in our Company We have Got a Bed in one end of it we maid it to Day we went in to the woods an Got some Pooles and Some braches and Bilt us a Good Bead and we Got some Seeader Bows and Put on the Poles and it makes us a nice Bead Mary we have Dress Paraid now all together 5 rigiments all Go out in to a Big feald and then we all Dress in a Line and then we have a Brass Band that Plays the hole Lenth of the Line and Back then the oficers all ride up in frunt of the Geniral and salute him and |
then we all Dubbal Quick Clear in the Camp Before we stop we have a Good time as we Can expect and i hope that we shant hafe to fight again thair is such talk around hear now that we are a Goin to stay hear thiss summer and hold thiss place and sum say that we are a Goin to Washington and to night i hurd that this Rigiment was Goin to Govinars iland that is Just Below New York But i Don't Beleave it yet for i Don't think thair is such Good Luck for us But iI should Bee Sadisfide if i Got to Washington But i shall haft to stay hear if we Don't Go But i hope that we shall Go to Sume Plaice whare we shant haft to march thiss summar for the sun Pores right Down hear Mary you wanted to know what i thought about Beying you a Beaurow if you want one Git it What money i send you Don't want you to ask me what you shall do with it take and use if for eny thing for your Comfort and Matties or if your mother wants eny thing and she haint Got the money to Git it Let hur have sum for i Don't want eny of you to Go without eny thing you nead as Long as i can earn eny thing and Mary you sed that you had not had a Pair of shoues since i left Albany now Git you a Pair ----- ending fourth page (not part of letters provided) |
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