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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
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Feb 18th, 64
Dear Sister
I have just received your
letter and ‘was glad to hear
from home. I have been about
3 ½ miles from the camp to day
loading sawlogs George and
Theodore was out to the boys
got here a week ago yesterday all
safe and sound Frank Wells has
got the measles he was taken with
them to day. Ike and Wells
and Dennis and Frank Orwitt and
Frank Wells Co Tk. Dennis
got 2 letters to day I got a
letter from Nettie last night and
and one from Frank Yage he says
the folks are all well it has been
5 weeks since I have writen you
but I dont calculate to wait as
long again I have been here 4
weeks to morrow. I never
had much beter time than
I have now we have potatoes
sugar and coffee and beans
and bread to eat I wish
you could see our little
house, you would think I
couldent help enjoying myself
I suppose I could enjoy myself
better to home if the war was
over. I should like to have George
Wolverton before he died and I
should have seen him if we hadent
stoped at brige port we stayed
there from tuesday until friday
and George died, wensday I have
seen Dan Hamilton
[ ? ] Blakely
and sink Vanderhoof and Charley
Dickinson they are all well but
I sink he has got the
[ ? ] pretty
bad well sis I should like to
be at home a little while I could
tell you more than I could write
in a hours for you know I am not
much use to writing. I suppose I had
aught to write to pa and ma
but you can tell them how I am
getting along Theodore has jus come
in and he is so full of the old scratch
he dont know what to do
he is looking over so I cant hardly
write I dont know what I shall
have to do with him yet but
George is about as bad but he dont
[ ? ] it + you can tell pa that
I see a man that come from hud-
son, his name is Bedell but I
dont rember him he says he has
been to one house lots of times he
says that he rembers me George
and Theodore has gone to writing
so I must stop for this time
but you must write to me as
often as you can for it does
me more good than to meal
of victuals I think I have
written quite a lot for me
the rebels are deserting fast
they think the war wont
longer than next fall I calculate
to see the last dog hung now.
Met you must excuse me for
not writing before and I write
oftener here after no more at
present good night from
Sab. John. R. To Met
[ ? ]
Give my best respects
all inquiring friends
