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Regiment: 12th Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: Abraham Lincoln
May 5th, 1865
Duvalls Bluff Ark
Sister Jane i have just received
and read your second letter i
am not very well but wtill i do
duty i was on picket the last 24
hours and just came in this
morning i think i would be well
but i have a diaree for the last
two weeks i wrote to you as soon
as i get your first letter and i
got them all that was sent
to Jackson i am vary sorry
that you have not heard from
george i wrote him a letter from
here direct to him but iff you
dont get any letters i am afraid
i never will get an answer from
mine the day Mr Lincoln was
buried was hald sacral here the
flag was half mast and 13 big guns
in the morning early and 1 every half
hour all day an 36 guns at
sun down and thare was no
work don on the roads nor fortifi
cations the stores was all closed and
the doors was hung with black crape
and hour rigimenhat is to be dressed
in morning for the next six months
and the officers swords pike will our
head officers are all fine men the
Capt name is graves first lieutenant
is Mr
[ ? ] second is sturns the men
most off them thinks we will be sent
home this sumer and i hope we will
the duty here is not hard for a man
that is well Jane i know your doubts
and fears about george i can simpa
thise with you but trust in the lord
he that
[ ? ] all things well i have
got to
[ ? ] from
[ ? ] when i get
this i must close remember me when you
pray Give my Respects to ma and all that
may inqire Yours
[ ? ] Brother
Ezrea G Blanchard
