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Regiment: 7th Michigan Cavalry
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Hospt. Camp Parole
Anaapolis MD
Feb. 26 1865
Dear Cousin
Your truly
welcom letter dated Feb 15
th 65
came at hand last evening
believe me dear Cousin I was
very glad to hear you and
your People was all well.
mate I have been quite unwell
for two weeks back with a large
carbunkle on my neck and fever but
I am some better now then
you are having gay times
this winter I wish I could
be there to enjoy some
of those parties. But hear I
am way down in dixie
I dont alow my self to
[ ? ]
But I have been most awfal
lonesome
Since I have been married
But Heattie writes me great
long letters so that helps out
some. I had a letter from
Charley P. a few days a go
he is well & I had one from
Jim he is well and is
mighty pleased
[ ? ]
Sister and By the way I want
you to marrey Jim good felow
for I want some new connection
But by all means be carful
for it is not all goald that
shines oh. Mate tell your ma
to have my geese ready by the
time this war is over for she
promist me some when I
got married I am not
quite like Eliza. Soper do you
remember when she thought
she had a man
[ ? ] she
wanted ma to let her have
two feather pilows want that gay
joke
Mate this is a beautiful
Sunday the weather is warm
as it is in may at home the
robins and Blue Birds are
singing lik fun to charnge
the subject I suppose you
will have a bear to night
and will have a gay visit
I wish I was in my fathers
[ ? ] Barn now you of course
want to know what I would
do than well I would darn soon
go in the house.
Wall[ ? ] I am plade out
of some thing to say so will
have to stop give my Bist
love to your Ma. & Pa. say
all the family tell them
to write to me. Mate if you
will write to my wife I will
give you the directions for you
and her had autto get a quainted
she will answer all of your
letters and I know it will be
a pleasure for her to corispond
with you. if you write do write
a good long one all tell her
what a gay place it is
down in Wayne Co for
you Know what a Blaber
I be. and I have toald
her that Wayne Co was
allmost a pairadice
you must not think
this strange my giving
you her directions in his
[ ? ] for I have
good reasons for it.
Miss. Heattie A. Markle
Lenton Van Buren
Co. Mich
Well mate write soon
this from your ever lovening
cousin
Sergt. Geo. H. Prentiss
Co H 7
th Mich. Cav
Camp Parole
Annapolis M.D.
O five my best regards to all
the young People tell Peater H.
to get married by all odds
Dont lett aney one see this
letter
When you write to Heattie call her dear Cousin for she is
under hasted chicken
[On Envelope:]
Miss Mate E. Rutheford
East Palmyra
Wayne Co.
N.Y
Sergt. G. H. P. 7
th Mich. Cav.
