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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: John H. Morgan
January the 24th 1863
it is verry fine wether here to
day the birds ar singing as if it was spring
and the sun shines quite warm but it is very
muddy under foot we ar going to move camp
to day down to the depo so we will be within
a fiew rods of the depo Telegraph Office and the
express office and whare we can get the mail evry
day this town is about as large as Berlin only the
Buildings ar better when Morgan went through
this state he payed New haven a viset but
there was to many troops for him and he got whiped
out but the rebbels threw shels into the town
and tryed to burn the town down one of the shels
struck in the hotel in the back part of the house
they threw there ded in to the river to keep our men
from knowing how many there was of them and there
wonded the left on the ground they threw two peres
of there artilery in the river to but the wer got out
all right Wright soon and let me know
something about the taxes the latest letter I had
from home was dated the 11th of last month
With Love to all I remain
Yours
John Wasson
