Hutchins, Sabin D. – July 12, 1865

Michigan Civil War Collection Letters


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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers Battles Mentioned: Historical Figures: Nashville Tenn July 12th 1865 Dear Sister Mariette Not at home yet but I expect to be some time if ever we are camped in the Barracks at fort Negley and have to work five hours a day on fort confiscation you must judge for your self whether we work very hard or not in the [  ?  ] of peace, but you may believe that we dont work very hard. I was very glad to to hear from you, as it is the first letter that I have recd since I left Washington I begun to think that you were all dead or thought that I was at from or so near it that there wasent no use of writing but I was sory to hear that it was because you was out of money but if you get out of money again go home and get some on expence for I sent home $100 dollars the other day. I am glad to hear that so many of the boys are getting home safe and I am glad to hear that you enjoyed your self the 4th for I enjoyed my self firstrate. I was down town most all day and stayed to the theater at night? But I had rather have been at home, it was about the warmerst day that I ever saw. I havent see the boys in Co H. since we came here but they were well the last time i saw them George and Theodore and myself are well that I am sure of, and George thinks that you had better be writing to him before long or he will write to you. I saw [  ?  ] Oh and Albert Monroe while we were in nashville. They were well, but they dident like it much because they were transfered from the 21st regt into the 10th but I suppose that they are mustered out now and I saw Calmon Carpenter, he acts quite like a gentleman to what he use to, I hope that the army has made a man of him. I cant think of any more to write this time and trusting that you will answer this as soon as you you get it I will close from Sabin Hutchins [        ?        ]