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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Infantry
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Historical Figures:
1861
Arlington Heights, July 27
Dear Mother:
Pay day has finally
come. We rec’d our U.S. pay
last night, pay from the
25 of May to the 30 of June.
I rec’d 23 dols. and ninety
cents. I have concluded to
send the most of it home,
and have you either lay
it by or put it at
interest in the hands of
some responsible person. I
don’t want it placed in
a bank, or in the hands
of merchants they are
breaking down so much. I
think it would be better
in the hands of some
farmer. Perhaps you had
better consult Joshua about it.
As fast as I am paid
I want to send it home
so that if I ever return I
can have it to aid in
getting an education. I will
send you in this letter a
draft draft on New York
for ($20) twenty dollars, payable
to your order. If I never
come back you must apply
it to the best in the best
way that you can. I know it
is not a great deal to be
so particular about, but if
every little counts, and if I
should stay in the army
long
it my pay if thus kept
would amount to considerable.
When we get our state pay
which is due, I can send home
some more.
I see that you at home
are thinking too much
of me. You are too much
troubled about my bore. I
don’t have such hard times
as I might by a good deal.
I fore very well generally, &
act to the danger here, no
one can die till God says
of him “It is finished.” Let
us then trust to Him, and
be ever in the path of duty.
Your affectionate son
Caroden.
