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Regiment: 7th Michigan Infantry
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Chesnut hill hospital
June the 30 1864
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Dear wife isit down again
to rite afew lines to you to let
you know that iam well
at present hopeing thes few
lines may find you the same
ireceived your letter last
night and was glad to hear
from you all but was sorry to hear that
ma was sick and little mary for idont
think if she has got the dropsy again
that ishall ever see her again although
imay for ihave applied for afurlough
and iposibly may get it but idont stand
more than one chance out of ten you must
excuse poor riteing and short letters for my
[ ? ] of wrighting are verry poor at
pesent but ishal rite a little as often as ican
but yesterday thare four hundred patients
came in here and thare is seven hundred
more expected to day and some of us will
be sent away ithink but iam one of the few
that is able to help take ca
that cant take care of them
chance for getting away y po
you will have avisit from c [cut away]
you get this for he started fr
monday morning you want
and let you know when in
but that is something ica
know no more about tha
self but iwill come as soon as ican
ishal have to bring my letter to aclose
for ihave got to go to work so no more
at present this from your affection
ate husband George Phelps
