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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
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Crosses Landing
July 20th 1864
how are you Met, how
is the folks. I am well yet
and enjoying my self as well
as can be expectted this warm
weather it is pretty warm here
now we are haveing as warm
weather as they usualy have down
her in the fore part of the
summer the sitasens say it is
the warmest summer they have
had for a good many years
so far.
I received your letter to
day dated the 12
th I was very
glad to hear from you and
to hear that you was well I received
a letter from you only two
or three days a go I answered
it so these two letters will
not be a great way a fort
but I thought I would answer
it for I am bound to answer
all the letters I get any way
wheather I say much or not
I am glad oyou got the ring
all right if you did not get
the pen I sent the pen a
good while before I did the
rings I sent it in
June sometime I guess a bout the
middle I don’t remember exactly what
what time it was a very pretty
little gold pen with silver halde
and pencil it is a good
deel like Netties you may
get it yet I directed it to
Lamont if you don’t get it
I don’t know what I will do
a bout it unless I send
another one you must exuse
me if I don’t write much this
time for thare aint any news
in here in the woods nor
any thing going on
we are cutting and drawing
logs yet I haven’t
time to write any more
to night but I will try
and finish it in the morning
Thursday July 21st
I have now a
few minutes to spare and
no but a few for I have
just got in from work
and the mail is going
out in a few minutes I
have been sawing logs the
fore noon and it is awful
hot but it look as if
it would rain this after
noon I hope it will so as
to make it a little cooler
Sabin is well yet with the
exceptions of his eyes they
they are pretty had
he is so he dont work
now Myron was quite sick
yester day he thought he
had go the ague he is
a good deel better to day
the boys are genuly pretty
healthy now the mail is
ready to go out and I
must close write soon
and excuse this poor letter
good by for this time
George
