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Regiment: 4th Michigan Cavalry
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Camp 4
th Mich Cav
Granelly Springs Ala
March 6th 1865
Dear friend Maggie
I with pleasure
seat myelf to answer your kind
and welcome letter of Feb 18
th
which was received to day. I need
not tell ou that it was received
and read with much pleasure.
Maggie I think you were
piqued a little by what I said
about your being corgultish. I meant
no harm by what I said about
it. Are we not all more or less so
girls in particular I neve saw but
few but what were
Thank you; for the trouble
you took to give me information
with regard to Miss Walker, I did not
deserve it. but she is in all probability
all to me now that she ever will
be; so what is the use speculating
I have not seen Mr Blain (as you
call him) I call him
Rat since
your letter was rec’d. I will tell
him all you told me to, no, I do
not know as he gets any letters
in red envelops now, and
yet he may for aught I know,
why do you ask?
But Maggie I do think there
is a chance for you. for all you protest
Lou is so good looking wich I cant
see there is a chance for you
and my advice to you is improve it
Blain has taken quite a liking
to your face, and I think he would
like to correspond with you, and
tomorrow I am goin to get him
to write to you. just to plague
Louise if nothing more.
Glad to hear you had such a good
visit at Carolines. I wish
I had been there notwithstanding
you. did not wish any such thing
Yes I will come that way
and take you out sleigh riding
of course I will put on your dry
guads + wait until I come.
I wrote to Nell not long
since I have read no answer
yet. I also write to Phebe it
a few days ago.
There is prospect of our
leaving hersoon of course
we know not where.
La Seve, is here and well
also Alf- Shepard. those two
are all that you are acquainted
with now with that I believe
it is getting late “lights out” has
sounded I must close.
Give my regards to your
people all.
I remain, as ever, your
friend, Bradner
Ibid
March 8th
P.S. Enclosed you will
find a
few lines written by
my friend Rat and also by my
permission. I hope I have
done nothing wrong or
ungentmonly in doing so
have I? If so, I beg pardon
Wesley B.
