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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
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Chattanooga
Tenn
May 7th ’64
Sister Mariette
it is with the
greatest pleasure that attempt
answer your kind letter which
recd yesterday afternoon and I
was glad to hear that you
were well and going to school
at last for I begun to think
that you would never yet to
going to school your letter
found me well and enjoying myself
tiptop I am in camp again now
and we will every night as all them
that want to and I like to drill
firstrate George has just gone out to
work. I was out to work yesterday
so I havent got any thing to do
to day one regt. are building a
magalzine and we have to
cary brick and mortar it isent
very nice work but it all counts
on three years. Oh Met I recd a
letter from Norman and Sarah
Southwick yesterday these were all well
dont you pitty me for I
have got five letters letters to answer
and I dont know what I shall do
for I am tired of writing all
ready. I expect we shall be paid off
in a few days for Co. K and B
have signed the pay rolls and Myron
went down to bridge Port and got
the new secruity descriptive lists
day before yesterday and go back
last nigh and they are making out
our pay calls to day Frank House
stayed here last night he is in the
fourth cavalry.
[ ? ] Swan has been
here but I dident see him it was
when I was down to the mill he
is to work for the government
well I guess you will begin to think
that I hante going to say any thing
about the rest of the boys but I
is they are all well and enjoying
themselves firstrate Ike is out of the
hospile and getting along firstrate you
said it was raining up north but it
isent raining down here for the roads are
very dusty down here now and it is
very
[ ? ] down here now.
I have have had a letter from
Uncle Hs folks and they gave me
a bid to come to these
[ ? ] the
next Thursday but I was so busy
that I couldent go well I cant
think of any more to write this
time and if you can read what I
have written you will do better
than I think you can write soon
good Morning sis I hope this
will find you well. From Sabe
[On Envelope:]
Miss Mariette Hut
Lamont
Ottawa
