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Regiment: 6th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
Washington
Jan 19 1863
[Image of lady]
Dear friend Kate
I am agoing to
send Louisa a letter
in your name and you
can guess what it is for
and I thought that you
wouldnt like a letter
there was something for you
in it and I thought that
I would like to see you or
hear from you every day but
it hant to be so just know
I used to think
that from one sunday
to another was along
time last sumer
when you was in the
shop but I will hlfto
wait longer here but time
passes faster here than
it does at home or at
some times when I was
with you it pased of
faster then I wanted
it to maybe it was
diferent with you
this I wont call
any letter and I dont
want you to take patern
after it for you
wrote one small letter
and you can aford to
write two for that
talk about knot knowing
what to wright I can
think of more than
I wanto for I always
write more than I aughto
for it is so poor that
they cant any one read
it but what they cant
read they wont know
Please hand this
letter to Louisa and
write son and often
Good bye well Kate I
have just got some pictures
and I am going to send
two
one to of them to you
and I want you to write
and tell me if you get
them or not and I am
going to send them
at home some to
they are not very nice
but they will do to look
at when any one is alone
but this will do for
this time so good bye
From your friend
Samuel D Mills
To Catharine
you shant what Hamilton
now tell me if you dont I dont understand
what that means yet and I want you
to say
[On Envelope:]
Miss Kate Hamilton
Grand Rapids
Michigan
