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Regiment: 3rd Michigan Cavalry
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Brownsvill Station Ark
Jan the 28th/65
Dear Cousin
I recieved your letter to
day and was glad to hear from you
I am and to hear that you as all well
in ar heatfield I am in sack in sack yetwe
are under marching orders now and we
dont know when we shall leave here
and I dont care eather for we are a haveing
a good time heare now we have plenty to eat
and plenty to drink and to ware and that
is all that we want while we are a soldier
I had a good time
[ ? ] the Captain
got up a big dinner and I eat with him
we had pie and cake and oysters and baked
Chickens fride cakes apple
[ ? ] and plenty of
every thing that I spoke of we have had a
good time as any one had to
[ ? ] I cant
write you a very long letter this time
excuse bad spelling and writing write soon
from your Cousin John F Pollock to MJ Phelps
Brownsvill Station Ark
Jan the 22th 1865
Dear Cousin
I received your leter and
was glad to hear from you I am well and
hope that these few lines may find you the
same I am in ark yet and I dont expect
to stay hear long and I hope not for I
want to have some
[ ? ] be fore I come
home I shall come home be fore
[ ? ] I
have written 6 six letters to you and this is the
first one that I have had sente I have been down
here I think that you dont write to me very often
and I think about
[ ? ] dont I
[ ? ]
dont I do a most any way I guess so if you do
I dont get then I cant write you a very long
letter this time write soon
from your Cousin
John F Pollock to
[ ? ] H Blanchard good by
