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Regiment: 15th Michigan Infantry
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Head Quarters 15
th Mich Vet Vol Inft
East Point Thursday Sept. 15
th 1864
Friend Georg Leonard
After Hearing From Henry Upthegrove where
you was and where to Direct a letter
to you I will write to you for George
I have not forgoten you and would
Have written to you long Before this if
I had knew where you was I did
write to you and Directed to Detroit
to the Invilid Corps But I guess you
never recieved my letter I am well
and In the Best of Spirits and have
Been all through the Campaign and I
have been with the regiment Ever since
you left I tell you we had a hard
time on this campaign But I have been
one of the Luckey ones although I have
been in the hottes Place I ever was in
but came out all right and I feel
Thankfull for it while one of our
company have lost their lives been
fetterly is Dead He was wounded on the
28
th of July and Aferwould died of his
wound He was wounded In the Thigh
and Broke the bone all to Peaces
and he would not consent to have his
leg Ampitated and he died and Ed
Hawley was wounded a short time after
in the Head over the left eye and
I hear he has gone home on furlough
Jack Simpson was wounded in the Head
on the 22d of July and he has gone home
on Furlough and Als a new recruit was
Killed on the 22d of July I believe that
is all that has been hurt to amount
to in our Company our regiment numbers
one hundred and sixty or seventy at
Preasant when we left Chattanoog we
numbered About four or five hundred
So you can see we have lost a good
many men But a good many are
sick in Hospital George How
glad I would be to see you
I wanted to see you when I was
home but I had to go away
Before you go ther when I was home
on Furlough I did not have have
time to Go and see all the foulks
I did not get a chance to go and
see your foulks which I would like
to have Done Verry Much But George
you know how it was our Folks
wanted me to Be there the most of
the time and I could not hardley
get away to go and see my sister
So I took my mother with me I had
a first rate time and injoyed my
self First rate onely I would have
like it if my Furlough had been
thirty days longer I will tell you
that John Smith the Fife Major
was killed Before we crossed the
Chattahoochie River and we mourn
His loss for John was a good
Boy and we feel his loss and
I will now tell you that I am
mustered as Chief Musitioner and
therefore I dont stay with company
F any more I draw rations at
the Quartermasters well George it makes
quite a difference in my Pay for
now I get $22 per month from
the First of July well George my
Paper is most filled and I will have
to bring my letter to a close by telling
you to write soon Give my Best
Respects to your folks and this
is from your Friend untill
Death Hiram D Parker
to Sargt G H Leonard
P.S Direct your letters to
Hiram D Parker
15th Mich VV Inft
1st Brig 4th Division
15th A C
Atlanta GA
