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Regiment: 7th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
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When Johnny comes marching home.
Air.- “Johnny fill up the bowl.”
Music published by Henry Tolman & Co., Boston.
When Johnny Comes marching home again;
Hurrah, hurrah!
We’ll give him a hearty welcome then:
Hurrah, hurrah!
The men will cheer, the boys will shout,
The ladies they will all turn out,
And we’ll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home!
The old church bell will peal with joy;
Hurrah, hurrah!
To welcome home our darling boy;
Hurrah, hurrah!
The village lads and lassies say
With roses the will straw the way,-
And we’ll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.
Get ready for the jubilee:
Hurrah, hurrah!
We’ll give the hero three times three;
Hurrah, hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready now,-
To place upon his loyal brow-
And we’ll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home!
Let love and friendship on that day-
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest treasures then display:
Hurrah, Hurrah!
And let each one perform some part,
To fill with joy the warriors heart,
And we’ll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home!
Camp Stoneman DC Nov 4
Dear Niece
I now take this
leisure to let you know
how I like a soldiers life
I have not seen any thing
that is very bad to do as
yet only I am agreat way
from home and I am
compelled to stay here
some time a get but I
will try and make
the best of it I can
I have not been home
sick any yet my regment
is about ninty miles
south of here they are
doing some tall fighting
I dont think that they
will send me to the
at preasant but I cant
tell if they want me
to go I am ready now
but they have not horse
nor saddles here for the
old soldiers and I think
government will send
them first I left Jackson
on Wednesday and did not
get here until monday
noon tuesday morning
I was detailed as gard
was in gard untill the next
morning yesterday morning
I was put on corporal of
the gard was on until
eight oclock this morning
to day I dont have any
thing to do we had a
smashup coming down
but there was not any
one hurt much the
end of the car where I
was a laing down asleep
when the train was discourea
was all smashed in when
they drovered the rain a come
the gard hollared for the
men to jump and save
their lives it waked me
up with three others and
we jumped in good earness
the rest did not wake up
until the engine struck
the car that we were in I
I had not got up it would
killed me on the spot
but I jumped off and
[ ? ]
in a hedge fence and only
got my nose scraped a little
I must close for the want of
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good by for this time write a soon you
get this
to Elva A Woodward from L. A. Hall
[On Envelope:]
Mr Sam Woodward
Adrian
Mich
