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Regiment: 6th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: Benjamin Butler
march 20 1864
dear friend sarah I got your
letter 3 weeks ago to day
and we started our raid
that knight and we
got last frida and
to day is sunday
it is warm and nise
to day we had a hard
time and agood time
we went in site of
richmond and we burnt
cars and tore up rail
road and got bacon
I had a pack horse
and the boys would
get bacon and ham
and I packed it on my
hors for the boys
for we had to get our
grub along the road
we saw butlers negro
troops and they are
good looking soldiers
they are big men and
stout we went
[ ? ]
and then we tooke
the boat and went
to portsmouth and
stade there one knig
ht and then we came
back on the boat and
we past the rip raps
and fortres manson
then we tooke the
boat for washington
the boat was 3 hun
dred feat long we
was at alexandr 3 dyes
and I went to circus
and I had a good time
not so good a time
as sam and I had
to the circus one
time when there
was som girls a long
the time they made
us sit down on the
ground that
[ ? ] was
oneal that lived
near
[ ? ]
you must excuse
me for not writing
sooner for I did not
hav time giv my lov
to all but I expect
there lov is small
for me write as soon
as you get this
from your afectionate
friend Fred
Kettle
to sarah hamilton
fred
to
Sarah H.
