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Regiment: 11th Michigan Infantry
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Mission Ridge
Rossville, GA Feb. 5, 1864
Mr. Jonathan Curry,
Dear Friend, I thought that would be no harm in
trying to write a few lines to us Dack is writting to you.
I am still alive well and harty as any of Uncle Sam boys been.
I got a pat of hard tack and bacon I guess that this potato
crops wasn’t very good if it was I have not seen the benefits
of it yet but I live in hopes
I have bled and fought and died form my country 16 times
and expect to die as many more time before this war is over.
Well I don’t know what to write that will interest you. Wel
general starvation has been suppressed by hard tack and bacon.
The soldier of this arm was well pleased with the change.
Well John soldiering ain’t husking corn or drinking cider
I find, but it is like driving cattle specialy if they are slow.
We have a ball down here once in a while we have various time
played while we all chance but we don’t get it ourselves but
they furnish the medic free. I don’t suppose that you have
any of them kind up party where you live if you don I am coming
up there before long when my times over the 24
th of August next
year. Might not think strange if I come back that way for I
don’t know what may happen well as I don’t know what to write
I will stop by saying that if you can’t read this send it back
and I will read it for you.
A. G. Wright
Co. E, 11
th Mich. Inf.
Chattanooga, Tenn
Excuse this sheet paper for it got me please excuse the mistake
as I spell your name wrong don’t think hard.
Alfred G. Wright
