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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
Battles Mentioned:
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U.S. SANITARY COMMISSION
Battery Barracks NJ. City
March 12th 1865
Mr. EW. Curtis Dear Friend
Once more I will avail myself
of the opportunity to write you
I am quite well at present
haveing
[ ? ] the
[ ? ] of
my
[ ? ] One thing I can
[ ? ]
to say that I am among the
roughest set of men that ever
was permitted to assemble together
if the whole regiment is like these
[ ? ] compromises I must say
that I have no particular
inclination to sea them together
they have the name here already
of being the meanest set of
men that ever was at the
Battery Baracks
they have the
name in
[ ? ], of Michigan
Swifts I certainly cannot blame
Andrew
[ ? ] for his
[ ? ] liar dislike toward them
I have just about as good an
opinion myself at present a
certain portion of them are
very much adapted to stealing
one of them so much so that
on a favorable ocasion he was
very successful in stealing his
own knapsack and was very
much disapointed to find that
still had
[ ? ] one on one
ocasion several pitched
[ ? ]
on old man about 80 years of
age who was selling
[ ? ] and
as they term it confiscated the
whole lot the old man wept
over his loss whereupon myself
and one other paid him for
a dozen chicken pies at 35 cents
we compromised the matter however
at 25 cents each I am willing
to acknowledge now that
this portion of the Mich
Engrs are the meanest set of
men that I ever knew
But nevertheles I allow them
to attend to ther’s own Buisness
and Bostwick and I attend
to ours so much for the
Mich Engrs I am sorry to
say it Bostwick and me
parred the day jester day in
the
[ ? ] the
[ ? ]
American curisoity Barnums
Murium and
Aravele parredd the
rest of the time in traviling
about the city Wilderness all
I have to say is it a succession of
curiosites very much alike supper
is now ready and I must close
my letter when you write pleas
state what the
[ ? ] of that
box was if you have received it
Pleas Adress
ER. Dunham
Co. “E”1st Reg Mich
Engrs + Mechs Savannah
Georgia Via NJ. Citty
Accept this from your
friend and well wishes
ER. Dunham
