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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: Benjamin Butler
Savanah Georgia
Dec 27th 1864
Dear Sister
I now take the
first opportunity to let you know
how I am a getting a long I
am well as usual and enjoying
my self as well as the circumstances
will permit this is the first
chance I have had of writing since
I left Atlanta for we have been
on the go ever since we left
thare the sixteenth of Nov
and arrived her the twenty third
of dec awful tired and dirty
but we have got fixed up now
pretty well a gan if we can only
stay a spell
this is a pretty large
place and a very pleasant
[ ? ]
considering the swamps a round
if we have been on a pretty
long march since I last write
it is a bout three hundred miles
or more from here to Atlanta no
small journey to travel on foot
with gun equipments bill and bedding
a
[ ? ] utensils at least I hope
I shant have to make another trip
like it during the war for I am
very well satifide with what I have
got we have all of our (the Berlin
Boys) stood the march first rate
we are all here safe and sound but
Frank Wells he went back to
Chattanooga before we left and i
haven’t herd from him since probably
you have we have had first rate weather
for marching most ever since we
started and have fored first rate
for liveing we more than went
for the sweat potatoes freshment
and molasses
the country is pretty well stipped
whare the Army went through
thare is some as nice country in
Geo as I ever saw and some as favor
as I ever saw along towards the last
of our march it was nuthing but
fine swamps we had to lay in
front of Savanah seven days before
they took the town thare was
considerable fighting but I don’t think
the loss is very hevy on either side
the Rebs shelled our regiment a
little the first day we were march
ing in advance and we were ordered
to halt and were lying by the side
of the road near the R.R. and
the Jo
[ ? ] threw shell up the RR
at
[ ? ] they only killed one man
in Co H. and a negro our
Regament has been very lucky so
far. I suppose you are having a
good time this winter going to
school sleighriding and
[ ? ]
I would like to be up thare
this winter first rate but I guess
I will wait till the war is over
and I think that will be before
another winter if things go on a
prosper our or they are now I gues I
will tell you how I spent Christmas
if you will a gree to tell me
how you spent yours well in the
fore
[ ? ] I fixed up my tent some
and had company Willber was over to
se me and in the afternoon I
went down to see the city and
went to church dined on hard
tack and coffee don’t you think
I spent the day pretty well I don’t
know how I shall spend new years
but I hope I can get some Oysters bu
that time one of the men just came
in and says that Gen Butler is
in Charleston I am a fraid it
is to good to be true. I haven’t
any more room but I will write
a gan in a few days if
I can get any paper write soon
for it is a long time since I
have herd from you Good by for this time George
PS Please direct
Savanah Geo.
[On Envelope:]
Miss Mariette Hutchins
Berlin Ottawa Co
Lamont Mich
