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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
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Camp neer Barrick
May 29th 1862
Miss Clarra I think
it is time that I hird
from you I was thinking
that I wrout the last
time but for fear not
I will write again
I halve bin unwell
for a few days back but am
well again, the hot sun hurts
our men and make them sick
other wise it is vary healthy hear
our men was all ordered out last
night with these boys rashing
but I was not able to go with
thirm for the first time it was along
ride out I thought that I had
better wait a little longer till
I got more strength thare is shooting
hear all the time
[ ? ] every
little while but thare is but
[ ? ] kild hear two or three
a day is brought in ded
this is a nice plase for us and
our horses plenty to eate but
that was not
[ ? ] the case all
of the time we halve bin fore
days with out
[ ? ] their
gurts or taking off our arms
to rest and all that we got
to eat was mutter and meet
that we maid into much and
now salt to but on it eather
and that we went under the
rebles firing at us all the time
now we git flour and parke
fresh beaf potatoes same thing,
beans rice sugar coffee tea
[ ? ], whiskey but that
is something that I don’t youse
a grate deal of but it is
the lake and we can halve at
as let it alone, we halve bilt
a mud
[ ? ] to backe our best
in and we halve a good breath
write in the field woody all
around hear, it is a vary
new plase hear and the
south is not much enterprise
the old surty houses and
their dress is old fashon they
lern nothein new as northern
people dose and they can not
read nor write one half of
them that we friend heal all
they know is what they
hear, write soon Clarra
and write all the news tell
your mother that I halve not
forgot hir yet and would
like to come and dine with
hir or at hir table tell John
thar that I should like to see
him give my love to all
the inquiring friends and
reserve a share your self
and direct your letters to
Cairo Ill hoping you all
injoyment in the world yours
if a friend Ira Graces Co H
Miss Clara
[ ? ]
from a friend to a
friend
