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Regiment: 1st Michigan Light Artillery
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Murfreesboro Tenn
May 22/ 63
Dear Brother
I received your welcome
letter & those papers today They found me
well as usual I will have those papers
signed this evening by
[ ? ]
&
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[illegible line]
I will send it by return mail in a
common envelope I guess it will come
all right. I hope it will so if anything
should happen
[ ? ] you will be safe
on that
[ ? ]
There is nothing of any
information going on here now
we are under marching orders to
be ready to go at a moments notice
but I dont think we will go in a
few days yet from here.
Well I have not seen anything of
Capt Stewart yet & I don’t know
as I shall & more I dont care a
cuss if I dont get a commission I
have only 11 months to serve if I do
I will have to serve 2 years longer
likely But if I can get a commission
without going to too much trouble I
[ ? ]
except of it
I would not take much pain to get up as
Liutenant but if it comes in the natural
[ ? ] the
[ ? ] in for it can do better
it that then I could at
[ ? ] an another
thing it is
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but at the same time I want except unless
I can get a furlough in a short time
John the
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first one that I have had that was
written this month
I will go over & see
Ephriam Sunday & see if the box
is come. I am afraid it wont come
straight. Jim Niles and heman
had not got
[ ? ]
don’t think they ever will get it
oh if you have got so many
[ ? ] up
in mich as we have here I pity you
I saw Ephriam about 10 days ago
He was well & enjoying himself
firstrate well I cant write much
more this time. About these stamps
I would like to have you send
me about a dozen every month
for they cant be got here
Elias B VanMarter
to John & Net
Direct as before
