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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
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Warren Station
State of Georga
May the 8th 1864
Dear friends
I take the present opportunity to send
you a fiew lines to let you know that
I am well at this time we ar now within
8 miles of Dalton and in line of Battle
we have seen skirmishing with the enmy
now for 4 or 5 days and I think about to
morrow a General set to will take place
as they ar gone back in to there fortifa-
cations and sean to sho fight we left
Cleveland or the 3d and we have not
had our horses on saddled onley for a
fiew mimets at a time since we left
if Thomas is at home tell him we
have had a chance to try our spencer
rifels and our new men stood they
fire like vetrans
we have an awful
large force here now and I think if the
rebs do not run of to night we will
make Dixie tremble to the verry core
tomorrow as easy thing is now reddy the infa
ntry ar all in line to night an evry thing all
ready I have not got a litter from home
since the 17
th of March and I do not know
the reason nor I have not herd whither
[ ? ]
got home yet or not since I wrote before
I have had the Measels I was only sick
one week with them I never left the camp-
am the weather is fine but verry warm
and dry no more at this time pleas write
soon and let me know how you all
ar as soon as I get in camp I will let
you know all about our move ment
if I am speared life and helth
So good by
from your affectionate Nephew
John Wasson
pleas excuse the shortness of this
letter as I have wrote it on my
Knee and in the field J.W.
