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Regiment: 13th Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
July the 6 1862
Dear friend I
received leather yesteday
it was dated April the
16 it had ben back in
in a nuther company I often
think of you I shood like
to be with you to day and go
to meatin with you we
have no preatching hare
now righs influence but
a good
[ ? ] I heard
of your sister death before
I left Michigan I was
sory to hear it but we
mus all dy sooner or later
it is no difrence when if we
are prepared
[ ? ] all
most one tenth of our
Regiment dide since
we left
Michigan we have marched
through Kentuckey Tenness
Missippy and we are in
Alabama through Tennessee
thair is som of the nices farms
you ever see in Missippy
it was all wilderness most
through Alabama every
Farmer has from 5000 to 2000
akers of land and is all mos
t all in corn thay have
from 25 to 200 slaves men and
wimen work the corn with
mules thay live on corn bread
[ ? ] all through the south
is nice springs I want you
to wright often wright
to Louisville Kentuc
key 13 Mich Infantry
Company E
Yours truly
William Wallice
Bass
