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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
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March 17 1863
Miss Clara I once more
write to you I am at
my regiment the boys
was glad to see me and
so was I glad to see
them to our boys had a
fight with the rebles and
they whipped them and
brave them about twenty
miles we expect another
soon if ther is one, it
will be a fearfull one
all of the Nixburge men
will come to fight us and
we will halve to fight like
wild cats if we whip them
they will duble our
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if we don’t git reinforcement
we halve a beautyfull camp
hear it is in the wooly and
makes a nice shade
it is vary warm now and the sun shine down
like June in the North the flowers is blooming out
beautifully and the
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sumer I think will be armer then last was
I hope that we will halve a good health hear my health
has improved since I left thare except this morning
it had campt a bad cold coming and I went to the dockter
and got some off medsine, and he did not tell me sow
much of it to take, and I took all that he gave me
and it was enough for foretiming and it liked to
kill me it was a vomit but I am all right
none again I am happy to be with my co
once more if it halve good healthe I will stay
and if I do not I shall git home if thare is
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if giting out of it you must soon
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want to hear from you I write to you
at Detroite and you must ancer lesth of
them for I want to receive as many as it
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you must tell you matter that if the gitt more weding
cake then she can eat to send me a peas of it and
not let the cats eat it hard
[ ? ] is all the bread
we git now, they halve sent in for five
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out of each for and and one of them that goes
it is cold the role of
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far brabry they ar to
to make bold worke
in battle and to go what
others dar not go and the
list colds far brave
men them that is not
afraid to pick the
ball out of the cannon
month,
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enemy is firing
it in cold bold
and not fear danger
I was call the dar
devil of co + and
I do not no as i
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is I fall I must go
for the name if nother
elce, send to Nashville
Tenn or Franklin
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yours with love and for
ever Ira Graves Clara
[On Envelope:]
Miss Clara Simmons
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Mich
