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Regiment: 22nd Michigan Infantry
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Camp Willis Oct 12 1864
Kentucky
Dear Wife I now take the
opertuenity of writing a few
lines to you to let you
know that I am in good
health thank God and
hope these few lines will
find you and little Abby
injoying the same blesing
and all the rest of the
folks I have not received
but one leter from you
yet I hope you will get Walter
to rite to me for all the
boys Get leters but me
When you write tell me
all the news You can I
shall rite as often as I
can we are marching every
day or so from one plase
to another the wether is
very dry and dusty hear the
have not had any rain to
amount to anything since
last June so you can juge
for your self wee struck
camp on friday morning and
marched to this place the cuntry
is mostly deserted of the
inhabioans the men are in
the army Wee marched through
apace caled Critenton a small
vilage Wee are now about ten
miles from the above place
and two from Williamstown
Wee expect to got to lexington
soon the winter is very
bad heare the the say that
there is plenty of Good
water about thirty miles
from here at a place called
Georgetown the cuntrey is very
roling they timber is of all kinds
the land is very heavy soil
from six to eight feet deep
then a perfick bed of lime
stone I do not hear aney war
news hear you know more about
What is going on in than I do
Give my kind love to Walter
and Abby and litle Ida and
tell them that I hope the
time Will soon come when
the war will be over and peace
restored to Our once happy
land the people in Michigan
know nothing about the war
the cuntry heare is under
Marshall law the people are
in a fix the rebles steel
thare horses and rattle that
will not take confederate money
so the do not know what to
do the rebels are all threw the
cuntrey scatered a few in a place
so that wee canot find but
a few of them in a place the keys
falling back I sopose the make
it stand When the get us
whare they want us the very
ground that we are incamped
on now onley ten days ago
twelve thousand of the rebbels
but wee never got a sight at
them give my love to Henrey
and Mary and tell them
to save me some cake give my
love to Charles Colier and Ema
and all the rest of the folks
so I must conclude for this
time George Owen and Charles
Soper sends thare love to you
all you must kiss little Abby
for me no more at present
I must conclude by remaining
your affecinate Husband William
Painter
Direct William Painter
Company D 22 Michigan
Infantry
Covington
Kentucky
