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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
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Jun 28 /64
Acworth Georga
Dear Clara
how hapy I was yesterday to
receive your letter and will try
to pen a few lines in return
we halve left the front and I
do not think that we will go
in battle again while I am
to stay we ar orderd back to
Franklin Tenn. to joine our
vettern and gard the railroad
they could not git eny horses
and we turned ours after another
rig so we halve camp to the
railroad to go back and we
may stay hear some time
and we may go this agternoon
we halve nothen to do hear
so I do not car when we
do go we may halve a little
fun with the raiders if they
should come whare we are
you do not hear much from this
army it is all cept
[ ? ] and
cep blind but the wounded tell
the story thare has been hard fighten
in this part, now it has been
eight weeks since we comensed
fighting and thare has not been
one day thare has not been fighting
nor hardly a minet and I now
that the contry has plenty of it
Gen Mc cook is our commander
he has best got the star on his straps
he was a Col, Mccook commands one
Div, + Regiment, of can thare is
one Col Mccook that commands inf
you said that you wished that I was
thare the forth I wish that I was
but still you might not enjoy
you self as you will now
for probly you will tend a ball
and enjoy all of the plasher of
the world, but if thare is eny
plasher in dancing which I though
thare was, and if thare was or is eny
plasher with me, you could not
enjoy both for I halve given
dancing over, pleas not git affrentes
I halve danced my last time
I think, manhood has appeared and
the gidey hours has past, money
is my plasher now and the two
will not go together, I do not
intend to be stingy not that i
but I think that I can put money to
better youse, so you must dance all
that you can some for me, and
that will do for both of us for
I now that you would not like
to go to ball if I was thare and
did not go but let this past away
I would like to see you
write soon I would
like to hear from
Jack the male
man is after
the letter
so good bye
yous with
with
love Ira Graves
[On Envelope:]
Miss Clara Simonds
Watransville
Tuscola Co
Mich
