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Regiment: 9th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned: Richmond, Virginia
Historical Figures:
Monday June the 6 1864
To L. M. Wiser from
A. H. Wiser
Dear Wife As I have the
time and feel in good helth I
will spend the time in writing
to you to let you know that I
am still her and in pretty good
helth and hope these few lines
will find you the same onley
in better helth than I am at the
present for I have the shits so let
speek for I know no other name for
it but Sina I am still so I am
able to go round whare I pleas
if I could git my strenght
I am all rite then if the dyerrer
stops on me before long I will
come out tuff as A bare in A
few days it is stoped to day
Sina O how Good the News are to
day in the papers our men is in
for richman they are in a few
ours march of richman the rebs are on
the points of surrendering the place
grate meny rebs killed for the last
two days the I cant remember the
nomber it is a grate meny I know
so as to be a nouf that our men will
have it in 2 or 3 weeks any how if
noting hapens every thing is good
in our favor Sina but if this ware
closes in 6 months I am satisfied ant
you Sina if I can git home by the
firs of Next febuary I will be satisfied
But if they git rishman that will
setle the ware so some of the rigments
will be sent home for there is
no use for them any more Sina
I sent you some money in two
letters when you write tell me
if you git them in both letters
I put 10 dollars in all I got your
pictor and it dont look natrl to
me for you are so fat and the
clothing I never saw why didant
you put on some of your old
dresses that I have seen you in
I can see Sina in it onley the
diferants clothing but it looks
Natrel in the face as ever if you
want mine a gain I will send
it to you when I git fat a gain
if dany is at home tell him to write
to me tell father and mother I
Larabee I send my love to them
and wish I was ther this fall to
go with father A thrashing
this fall it would be fun for me
After laying still so long and to
git that pot pye mother promest
me I think of it when I got to
bead nites how I usto make them
sufer up there and meny more will
sufer if I ever git to come home
if I was there and down to Salleys
and git the one pot pye shepromest
me to how fat I would be
in a short time mother wiser sais
she wil make one to I shall
live when I come home Sina
if you dont make one I will
bite a pees of your nose off and
ear to wall Sina tell hiram
Avery I wrote him a letter 2
weeks a go and git no answer
yet from him if he dont git
this I cant git one to tim
for I dun my best in trying
to drect to him wall Sina
I will have to close for
the present and hope you
will answer in hast so
No more good by Sina
and all the rest of the folks
Drect to the Convalescent
Hospital
Write Soon 2 Ward
Sina Camp Nelson
from A H Wiser Kentuckey
to his pet
Sina
