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Regiment: 28th Michigan Infantry
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November 15, 1864
In Camp eight miles west of Dansville, KY
Dear Wife,
I will write a few lines to let you know I am well and enjoying myself some as much as I can under the circumstances. We left Camp Nelson yesterday morning with our train. It consists of six hundred immigrant wagons, loaded with supplies and forage for Sherman’s army, twenty-eight ambulance wagons, five hundred mounted Cavalry, and one regiment of infantry besides our one.
We marched 13 miles yesterday, we encamped last night on the bank of Duck River. This morning we took up our line of march towards Nashville. We went through the city of Dansville, it is a city of considerable wealth. There is no railroad, canal or water privilege of any kind, yet it is a nice place. It is the nicest country I every traveled through. The largest growth of corn I ever saw in my life I saw today. The fences here principally stone ones. In a while, we came across a plantation that is confiscated. There the fences and building are burnt and all laid waste.
We traveled through country that does not show the ravages of war at all. It rained last night just enough to make it nasty traveling. Tomorrow got to Lebanon eighteen miles from here it is a getting late and I must go to my bunk for to night
November 17
In Camp one mile and a half east of Lebanon
Got in last night. It rained all night hard, and we stay here today to rest. The road yesterday was very muddy. We have got a drove of beef cattle, eighteen hundred in all, and two hundred hogs we will bee twelve days going through I was on guard last night I stood four ours it is the first time since we crosed the Ohio river We may go through to Atslantia but hope not I have got enough of going a foot in the mud We have it the hardest of any regiment that every left Michigan, yet it is as good a regiment of men as ever got together. But the officers as poor as every left the state. They have no regard for the welfare of the men. Our Captain is of no account. When he gets into camp, he goes into his tent and stays there like a hog until we move. We move only when he is with the other officers.
Our Sutler is brother to the Colonel. He won’t give us any passes to go out and buy anything, for he wants us to buy off his brother who charges double as much as they do in the stores here I rote a leter to mate the other day and I rote to Almina I want to know whear to direct a leter to Annis I can think of no more at present this is from your husband show it to nobody nor tell what I write my love.
