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Regiment: 18th Michigan Infantry
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October 13th
1863
Head Quarters
Nashville
Tennessee
Army of the conberlan
2 Division 3 Brigade
Dear father
It is with great pleasure
that i set down to rite
you a few lines we are all
well and in good spirites
and
[ ? ] these few
lines will find you at
the same it is rather
[ ? ] this morning
it apeares that this talk
of we going away
Is all flowed over
we may stay here all winter
now if we go i hope that
we will before long
I am looking for
my box now every day
i hope that i may
get it before we leave
if we dont and
captain will come back
here and get then for I
[ ? ]
there hant much
going on now
i dont think that
there will be a great deal
more fighting done
at Chattanoo
well i dont think of
eny more at present
to rit so i will finish
my leter some other time
I am on duty to day
my trick is on now but
it raines & i shant
go on as long as it
raines, so i thought
that i would spend my
time in rite ing to you
for if we should go to the
front it must be so i couldent
rite i hope that we may not
go on that acount.
I hope we will get our
pay before we leave so that
i can send it a great deal
beter here than i can after
we leave
Well i dont
think of eny more
at present so you
must Excuse me for this
time and will go on
patroll it has about
stoped raining,
pa if i can get home next spring
it will be all that i ask i think
there will be som thing don if
i can be to home next sumer
it is as soon as i think of
geting home eny way i will be
satisfied to get home then all
rite, whitch i hope i may.
when i get this box i want
bother you to send eny more
but i wanted a good pare
of bootes and a vest and a
good pare of bootes would
cost $15.00 dolars here
[On Envelope:]
Mr Dyer Seely
Moscow Hillsdale
County Michigan
