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Regiment: 9th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
St [ ? ] May the 18
Sister Dear but not foregoton
as I wont to to to her from
mother and I
[ ? ] Wall not rite
till I did but
[ ? ] she
[ ? ] We
received her last thurday at for aclock
[chewed away] stad the
[ ? ]
[chewed away] When We got her We found
[chewed away] Gibbs at the depo and I told
him I wold like to go to the Gibbes
hous and When he fond out our names
he sed that he
[ ? ] I wold
[ ? ]
that was his name and we went
thair and fond every thing all rite and
We had super and then Went
[chewed away] to
[ ? ] and saw them
[ ? ]
I have fond the neat plac to live
rite clost to Tiles Gibbs and I think
I will enjoy my self verry mutch
and I wold not com back if eny one
Wold pay my fair thare it is not
as large a place a Coldwater and I like
[chewed away] verry mutch and every thing is all
Write now I wont you to rite
all the news and all about Paley and
every thing and I will rite to Saley
but I dont expect that she Will an
[chewed away]
fore she was as mad bee cas I com
[chewed away]
I think it Will bee the best
[chewed away]
the World fore I think I can do wel
I must
[ ? ] fore I have got to make to De
[chewed away]
this weake fore mis Docter
[ ? ] and I
can get all the
[ ? ] I can do and I
have got sutch a mis Place to give in
it is so Plesant and Sina you must
write all yo no and about every body
and this will and dont fore get
[chewed away]
and tell me jest how mother is and tell
Lacy Jane to Write to me fore I dont
fore get hir
[ ? ] and rite about Doug
or meby I wont
[ ? ] no
[ ? ] to hir from
lin as yo do but yo must all ceap up
good Chir and give in hopes of b eter day
now I cant rite no more this time
Did father get his big [ ? ] I left
to my hous and a sack of faur I cold
not fetch the
[ ? ] and I thout father
cold have it and if he has not got it to
him to sina I cant a
[ ? ] Wart
Patern and sola sed that she wold give
it to yo now sina I will send min
and
[ ? ] Picture quck as I can get
time to have them taken
[ ? ]
can give all my respect and I left some
Calibr in the
[ ? ] to give to
Mrs Wiser and yo get them and
give them to hir and then yo take
half of them and ceap
then till I can Sina
[ ? ] dont have get to rit
this is the damdes
Pen
[On Envelope:]
Miss Lucinis M Wiser
Coldwater
Michigan
P.O. Box 629
Lile
