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Regiment: 18th Michigan Infantry
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[Eagle and Flag]
Raise our starry banner high,
Spread its folds again the sky,
Neath it let us fight or die,
Our Union to preserve.
May it long triumphant wave,
Symbol of the free and brave,
And every traitor find a grave,
Who would from duty swerve
Nov. the 22 1862
Camp Elabishop Lexington, Ky.
Dear sister i recived your
leter to day and was very glad to
hear that you are all well and
Mr Cutters says that our things
are not agrate wages
[ ? ] we are
looking for them all the time now
Cutters brought me a very nice
[ ? ] for one dolar he sayed that
the pries was 10 shilons and he
told them that it was for a
Sholgier and they must let it
go for a dolar.
We have plenty of clothes now
i never dressed warmer in my life than
i do now i have no
[ ? ] to find
with clothes a very little with
eatables they dont excackley
suit me after all we live pirty
well fo sholdiers soft bred and
beaf and baken and crackeres and
shugar and molases and coffee and
we ar going to traid coffee for tea
but you now that alittle
Buter and cheese and dride fruit
wont come in miss you dont
now how good they last
after doing without so
long. But Mr Cutters
sayes that i look agrate deal
tuffer than i did at hillsdale
that is inconigeing i think and
i hope i shall keep so good health
is all i ask and i
[ ? ] stanit
as long as eny of then and
when my things comes i will drop
a line and let you now abou it.
as for stampes i hant got a one
to my name. and as for the war
i am
[ ? ] that it cant last
long but i am good
[ ? ] as
long as it last if it be 3
yeares if it is nessary i can fight
or do the other thing sun and
my self has stood it the best of
eny of the boyes from somerset will
i shall
[ ? ] my riting
till after dress perade it is
time that i was geting redy
To day is sunday and we
have gest got off from inspection
and it was rather a frosty
morning i dont think
of eny thing more to rite
at present so i shall
[ ? ]
bring my leter to a close so
good by to you all and
i hope that these few
lines will find you all in
good health F. D. Seely
