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Regiment: 3rd Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
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Camp at Lagrange
July the 28
Dear Friends
as I have just come off from
picket I thought I would write
I should have wrote before but
have been on picket every other
day for three weeks and a
fellow comes off from picket
and he does not feel like
writing much after being up
all night. There is not much
new but what there is favorable
to us. I got you leter day before
yesterday and was glad enough
to hear from home Pa I should
like to be there to ride Tiss
for I think I could if any
of them could without braging
much but I can after I
get home from the war
There is some talk of enlisting
men for three years to go to
Utah and they get one hundred
dollars bounty and have one
month to go home but they
can go it for ten years if
they want to but I shant
go it only until I can get
out John Bonesteel got a leter
from Caroline today and she
wrote that you was going to
send the box in the stage
tuesday and I will go over
to the express office and see
if has come after I get
this wrote dave says
he has not got a letter from
home in 4 weeks but he
gets some from Lawrence
I guess you must excuse
bad spelling and writing
for I am somewhat sleepy
so good bye from Ed
