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Regiment: 13th Michigan Infantry
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Camp at the 13th Michigan Infantry
on Lookout Mountain
Georgia May 13th
Dear Sister I received your kind and
welcom letter in due time and I was
glad to hear from you and glad to hear
that you was well I am well as
well I got the picture all rite in
Company with your letter I fot one
from dan white the mail does not
come very regular now they are
fighting in front every day we
could hear the artilery all day yest
erday and I have hurd some guns this
morning the old brigade that
I used to belong to was all cut up
at tunel hill Mary I think
this sumer will wind up the
war but I did not think it would
when I inlisted this last time
when you write tell me if you
have hurd from george lately as the
little boys in Canarda I donot know
when eve will get our pay but I
think it will not bee until the
first of July this Spring campain
will bee a hard on the picket
duty here is not very hard but
I have nothing to read thare is no
papers comes so it makes it very
lonesome Mary if you will send
me some weekly paper I will
pay you for it when I get my pay
but I cannot now for I am
about broke I am a going over
to the lake to day so I will have
to write a short letter this
time the boys was all rite in
Co B 19
th Mich when they
passed through here the boys
that is the vetrans is all
rite in our company george
is all rite but he has not
had a letter for a long time
I guess his Julia has forgoton
him but you
[ ? ] tell any
tales out of school george and
I are a going to explore the
mountain so I must
close hoping you will
excuse this poor written letter
I remain as ever your friend and brother
Walter Pullman to my sister
Mrs F. A. Pullman george would not
wait until I finished my letter
so I have got back and I will give
you the details of our expidition
we took some coffee along and thought
we would get some butter and milk
we went
[ ? ] to the lake it is
[ ? ] by springs on the top of
the mountain and runs down through
a small hallow in the mountain
about 20 rods from the lake the water
falls about one hundred feet and
strikes on a flat rock it is as
prety a site as niagra falls
when the sun shines you can
stand on a cliff and see a beautiful
rain bow it is a beautiful site
to see from the lake we went
about a mile and came to a clearing
in on corner of it stood a log house
we went in and saw an old woman
with the tobacco juice runing down
each corner of her mouth and snuff
a droping from her nose we asked
her if she had any butter to
traid for coffee she said she had
no butter but she had some milk
so we got our canteens filed
and then we asked her if she would
sell us some onions they had some
nice ones in the gardain so we went
out and cook told her he would
hilp her pull some he told
her to whisle when he got ten
cents worth so he pulled all
he could hold in his arm and
she could not whistle then we
started for camp and got to
camp at one oclock
tired and hungry
I must stop so good
by Write Soon
Direct to
Chattanooga Tenn
Co. C. 13
th Mich
from W P
I will send a
few flowrs that I picked
out to the lake
Mary got to green and tell
him to Print me six
more pictures like the last
I got and tell him you want
them thin I will send you the
money and you can send them
to me I want them for the
vetrans in our Company
