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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: William T. Sherman
Goldsburo N.C.
March 29th 1865
Dear Sister
I received a letter
from you yester day and was more
than glad to hear from you
for it is all most the first
one I have had for over two
months I received one from Myron
yesterday the first I have had
since I left Savanah.
I am
well yet and so is the rest of
the boys except Sabin and he is
most well now but he has been
pretty sick he was taken with
some kind of a feaver at
Cheraw S.C. but he
is all right now only he is pretty
[ ? ] the rest of the boys are all
tough we have been on a very
long march since I wrote last
we started from Savanah
the 29
th of January and went to
bufort S.C. by transport so
you see I had a ride on the beg
mater from Bufort we marched
to the Augusta R.R. a little a
[ ? ] Branchall and tore up the track
most to Augusta then left the road
and went to Columbia and Burnt
that town and the state buildings
then from thare to
[ ? ] and
from thare to Chesaw from thare
to Fayatville N.C. we tore down a
splendid arsenal thare that used
to belong to Uncle Sam and from
thare here
[ ? ] long we will stay
here is more than any of us know
the talk is we are going on the
Rail Road if we do probably we
wont have to march so hard vry
soon I hope not. we lived one
the country all the time
[ ? ]
much we passed one [ ? ]
very good country but the most
of it is
[ ? ] all fine and
swamp if a
[ ? ] could live on
[ ? ] he could get pleanty of that
I guess the
[ ? ] are a hant plaid
whare one came for the army destroyed
every thing burnt the
[ ? ]
and bridges took all them
[ ? ]
horses and cattle. thare whent much
fighting until we got must here
when the rebs made a stand and faught
a pretty heavy battle the report is
they lost very heavy and then had to
skedaddle. I was very sory to hear
of mothers lameness but hope she
may soon be well I should like
to have been thare to take the gard
at that slighing last winter or
I did the winter before I haven’t
seen a flake of snow all winter
hardly it is getting quite warm
here now the peach trees are
all in bloom and have
[ ? ]
some time I should like very much
to be thare during the shugar
season I sincerely hope the war
will end by next fall the general
opinion is that it wont last much
longer I don’t see how it
[ ? ]
for they cant herd any thing
[ ? ] Sherman has drove them
all the way from Atlanta to
this place. I believe I told you how
I spent Christmas and the 22
nd
spent marching through Dixie
I suppose Nellie is ar hapy as a clam
in high water now Myron is home
you must excuse this poor letter for
I havent a very good place to
write give my respects to Libie
and Martha write soon I will
write a gan in a few days if we
do not march from your true friend
P.S. direct to Shermans Army George
