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Regiment: 4th Michigan Cavalry
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Allegan Aug 17/62
Mary!
My Dear Friend
Your most
Excellent Letter of July date came
duly to hands and should have been
answered ere this, but all has been
excitement & bustle in this part of
the Country and owing to the unsettled
state of affairs I have delayed writing
Thing have again taken direction &
I hasten to inform you of their present
staus, Mary! I have become a man of
war and have placed my self in the
ranks of the great Army of the Union &
have resolved to live under the Stars
& Stripes or die fighting in their defen
-se. I have become fully convinced that
the time has come where every man
should go who can go. I have rais
-ed a splendid Company of Cavalry
in this County and have it fully
organized. I suppose you will
allow a soldier to speak without
reservation so, I will tell you the
story in few words. I hold the
position of Captain by choise of
the Co The Citizens have made me
a present of a Sword sash & belt worth
$75. My Company leaves here for
camp tomorrow. We go into Camp
at Detroit. I am attached to the
4 Mich Cavalry. The regiment will
be ready to take the field in
six weeks. Mary I shall have to
close this note right here for
there is now six or eight men
waiting on business military
in its nature. although it is Sun-
day. I expect to be able to get
a furlough after I am mustered
to visit home and if I do I shall
call on you
if possible Mary
please write me often for it will
be so good in Camp to receive
letters from one I hold in such
high esteem. Direct your Letters
to Detroit Mich. Yours as Ever
Dudley.
