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Regiment: 9th Michigan Cavalry
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Camp at Atlanta Ga
Oct the 29 1864
Dear Wife
L. M. Wiser
I Just recived your
letter of the 11 of this
munth and was glad to
here from you once more for
this is the first one in 6 weeks
this very Nite it found me
in good helth and i hope when
this comes to your hand it will
find you the same Sina i rote one
this week to you so i cant think
of much to rite at present
to write onley i got one from
G. W. Joles the same time i
got yours and that is to day
Sina you said Sont was
throw out but Ant was
not it is hard on them but
it cant be help Sina i wonder
if they Drafted Hol Wiser i guss
Now dont you Sina he is her
i think way down south in Ga
and his time is a going down
hill Now for he hant onley 13
munths more to stay and there
he is his one nigar once more then
he will come home to his gal
a gain Sina i give up goin
in to the Navy for if i go in
to her i got to stay 2 years
longar and if i live throu
this one year and one munth
i think that will do for hol
and i dont care a bout staying
any longar at present until
i come home and rest a while
then if they want me any more
i will come back ous rigment is
a gointo vetran the first of this next
munth
but i think i shant do it
Sina I have drawn my pay
a gain and the rail rode is tore
up so i dare not send it
in letters now from here but
as quick as the rebs are drove
a way from our reer so as to
let our cars run a gain then
I will express it to you so you
can look out to the express
offic for it Sina our rig went
out on a forag expedition
4 days A go and 2 Co was
capturd Co G and K and
the rest hant come in yet
but will to Nite i was on the
other and was gon 5 days and
the rebs charged ous and i and
some others was oblige to leep
from our horses and take
to the woods to save ourselves
for the Johneys was on every side
of ous
So I will
Close by
saying good
By Sina rite soon
A H Wiser
to L M Wiser
Good by my
Gal from A poor
forgoten Soldier
in the armey
[On Envelope:]
Abraham Lincoln Union
Standard Bearers
for 1864.
Andrew Johnson
Mrs. Lucina
Wiser
Coldwater
Michigan
