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Regiment: 3rd Michigan Cavalry
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Camp near Jackson, Tenn. 14
Dear Jane I have a few
moments to spare just now & will inform
you of my health wich is good & so is all
the rest of the boys we have just come in from
a scout of 7 days & of course have not
had a chance to write before & will have to
be brief this morning as the mail goes
in a few minutes I sent home by Bill
Henry $100/$60 for my self & $40 for Ed
it was a good chance he has got his disch
arge he lives up near Uncle Bill Slocum
was sorry to hear that little Trudy was
sick but hope she will get along & you must
send her likeness as soon as you can
this is poor writing but you know I can do
better in my next I tell you of our
last
[ ? ] Ed is going to write
some so I will close give my best respects
to all & live in hopes for my return &
kiss little Trudy for me give little Earnest
& Rena for me to Tell Tom Chasley & send
my best wishes to him but would like to see
him down here
Yours truly M H Hogmire
Camp near Jackson Tenn May 14 63
Dear Sister
as Mitchell is a writing I thought I would
write a few lines two we are well at present
and I hope you are the same and little Trudy
too I suppose Mitchell wrote all the news but
I thought I would a few lines I wrote to you sometime
ago in Mitchells leter and have not received any answer
yet but live in hopes of one some time well Jane we
went out on a scout with Colonel Moyers and
Captain Pope and Captain Wier and
[ ? ]
Butler for the purpose of geting recruits for
a ten regiment here and had a nice time for
we went to Clarksburg and when we got
there the sitizens had got corn and foder
for our horses and had a picknic and
Colonel Moyers spoke and it was just
old
[ ? ] the ladies sung and after speaking
they throwed boquets at him and I throwed
one at a young lady and it was all right
well Jane I will close for this time so
good bye write soon. from Ed.
I have wrote two leters to Trude and have
not see any and I shall not write again
would you if she is not a mind to answer them
she need not not
