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Regiment: 6th Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
Fort Powell Alibamy
March the 4 1865
Dir father and mother
that will rit you a few mor lins
to let you no that I was well and enjoying
life and hoping this few lines will find
you all the sam the last leter that
I got from Charlotte she rot that
dad was sick I was say to her the
the old jentleman was sick I wish I
was thar to see him and tel him som
big war storys I think he will git
beter I
[ ? ] twl him som big storys
[ ? ] Ky much nether or rigments
gards thre forts and the company that
I am in gards this fort
[ ? ]
for rebl cavlry and beat them
[ ? ] too
the part
[ ? ] we had to shoot thar
horses for we codnt git them to the fort
for we hadnt nothen
[ ? ] lit
[ ? ] on it is but amild and
the horses wodnt swimm so we tooke
of thar sadles and bridles and shot them
[ ? ] or fun will son be ovr her for
ther is a bout fifty thason troops
to fort guns and to fort
[ ? ] and
the ar gone to Mobel and then thru
alibamy bout I ges ar rigment will
stay to the forts till the war
is ovr the hant only bout a haf
of
[ ? ] of land in this iland so we
cant hardly turn a rond her
without running in the water bout
we have lots of oistrs her we jest
live on oistrs we have them thre
tims a day
[ ? ] thayer
[ ? ]
you was down her and stay with
me bout thre months on thisiland
and live on oistrs I think your
[ ? ] git well
[ ? ] you call
you home all rit evry thing is
[ ? ]
hye in Mabel plans is on handrd and
fifty dolars a baril in fredrick many
wall mother thayer I will send
you a fotgraft in my next letr bout
I cant send a very good on for my
[ ? ]
ar for and I cant git eny beter on this
ilind bout I am your oldst boy and
you cant expect me to look as well
as your younger boys
[ ? ] bout if I
git home all right I think I can
jest clen out the beat on you will
have bout I hant got hom yet and
you hant got all of your boys yet
[ ? ] I will
[ ? ] wall mother
I have ritn one letr will was one that
[ ? ] bout I dont noe wether you have
got it I got one from you and dad
bout I shall like to her from
oftn and will try and rit to to you
one if you will rit bout I
[ ? ] you cant
red them for I cant
[ ? ] tha git cold
you rot that Charlotte was trubled a
bout me jest tel her that I am old e naf
to take car of my self and she has got a
naf to tend to wel I am gon to tend to
to take car of her self and the litl
boy tel her that I want her to make
that boy mind her so she wont
haf to mind him befor he is ten
yers old and if she maks him mind
now he will think mor of her wen he
gits old than if she had let him
[ ? ] as he pleses now uall I must
clos for this tim bout I
will rit a gan son we ar
[ ? ]
or pay evry day now and as son
as I git it I will send a hundrd
dolars for I now Charlotte wants
som to
[ ? ]
from your a front
son Marke L Baker
rit oftn and five me all
of the news
