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Regiment: 22nd Michigan Infantry
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Beaufort South CarolinaMarch the 12th 1862
Dear Wife
I received Abys letter the 10th and haston to answer it I hav lookt fore a letter from yhou a good while and 11 am sorey that you was so slack in riting to me but I will excuse you all this time I am well at presant and I hope these few liens will finde you all well the Babys and all I would of sent you some Money Before But as frend Denton expected to com home soner than he did I thought that it would Bee safer to send it with him So this is the reason that I did not send it With the maile Denton is a coming home and is going to starte the frrst Boat that leaves here So I shall let him come and see you all and tell you with his wishes all about our fare in the Armey So you all will see him I think shorteley after you geet this letter and Maby Beofre and Washington wants him to go to Lakse too see him too and aske him what is the reason that he did not rite to him Wash thinks harde that he doant rite to him Whe ar drilling very harde every day Now at present and whe don’t here much about the ware So I cant send you aney News of late Whe don’t Geet aney late Papers here so Whe don’t hav the News that you doe in Pontiac Dear Wife I would like to see you and little Aby very Much but I hope that I shall see you before long and then whe all will hav a good time of it
Now I will rite to Aby on the other page
Dear sister Aby I am Very much obliged to you for riting to Mee I thought it along time before I got it I would like to see your Baby very much and I was Very Sory to here that she was sick I hope she is well Before you geet this letter and then you rite to mee that she is well again and then I will feele Better than to here she was sick I hope that I shall see all in the corse of three Months I think that if l live that I shall see you by that time I think that the reabals conat hold out aney longer than tree Months to the out side I must tell you that one of our company Shoot a aligater yesterday coming from the fery I was eight feete in length He shot him in the head three times with a mina ball Before he gave up to you can think that his head was pertey harde then whe fetcht him in camp to Beaufort along with our regament thare is plenty of them on this island But this was the onethat has Ben capturd yet so Adue Aby I must rite a few lines to Walter Dear Brother I must rite you a few linse to you and tell you what little news that I can Thare ar 2 regaments of Tennessee trops over on the other side of the river from us and thare a time is up and the thai is that thay wanto go home But the South Carolinaesn wont let them go I think that thay will tri to come over on this side with us I think that if this is tru thaz will come over on this side with us I think that is this is true thaz qill com over I would like to hav you rite as soon asyou geet this and tell mee all the News tat you ear about the ware I must tell you that the weather is quite cold here this month whe had one snow squall last weak here but it is nice weather at present Now I and Washington sends you our best respects George W Shook William Painter
Well Mary I suppose that you and Henry will be joined in Holey Mattremond When I com home and Wash and I wants you to save us some of the Weading Cake with out fail if you doant Whe will horn you fore good so good buy Washinton Shook and William Painter Yours Trula W. Painter
Now Walter I want to tell you that I and G W Shook and W. Panter hs sent Lakes sheat of Paper and envelop and a stamp so that he can rite us a letter I suppose he is so Poore that he cant buy once
W Painter
