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Regiment: 1st Michigan Cavalry
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Camped Near Alexandria V.A.
Thursday Sep 25th 1862
My Dear Parents
I recieved your kind letter of Sep 14th in due time and was very glad to hear from you once more your letter did not find me very well. I have had th and have not got over it yet but feel pretty well this morning the best I have for some time – We are encamped now within two miles of Alexandria, the Bank of the Potomac is is a beautiful place it is with in sight of Alexandria and Washington and at any time of day steam boats can be seen passing to and fro on the river I think that we shall remain here some time for the purpose of recruting up there has a number of Officers from the regiment gon home recruting and one Private from our Company by the name of Farberass he is at Paw Paw and I think that he will be at Kalamazoo some of the time. Orlando is well I suppose that you have heard where Nahum is befor this time but for fear that you have not I will tell you. he and three more mor from Comp I are at Camp Chace, Columbus Ohio they were taken Prisiners + Parolled Give my best
respect to all that
inquire for Forbes
write soon
