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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
1864
Chattenooga March 7th
Mett
I received your
letter dated the 18th and
was very glad to hear from
yo and to hear that you
was well I am well at
present I was very glad
to get a letter from you
I had been wanting a good
while I began to think I
was not a going to get one
I received a letter from
Nettie the other day she said
her school was out I supose
she is glad enough of that
we are a haveing pretty
good times now we
have to work a bout every
day though but that is
nothing we don’t have to
over work I received
those papers one of them day
before yester day and the
other to day I got the
last story first but read
it all right when I got
the other one I was very
glad to get them I think
it is a first rate story
I would like to get one
every week or two they would
come first rate we have
been haveing a few days of
fine warm weather but it
is raining a little now
I don’t think we will have
cold weather to a mount to
much this winter
I supose father is make
ing lots of sugar by this
time I would like to
be thare a little while
to get some warm shu
gar it has ben warm enough
for shugar making ever since
I have been her with the
exceptions of a few days
you must excuse me if I
write a short letter this
time I cant think of any
thing to write my stuck
of news is all run out and
always was I guess in the form
of letter writing.
Sabin is well and full
of fun the rest of the
boys are all well excep
Frank Wells he haint got
over the measles yet but
he is getting better
now I went to a negro
meating yesterday I supose they
thought they was doing
some tall preaching
but I could not see
it they done pretty
well considering thare is white
preaching every Sunday while
I am writing I will have
to tell you a little incadent
that happened at church
lost thanks giveing that
was before our men took the
town the Rebs was holding
a thanksgiving meating
when whiz come a
[ ? ]
ball from one of our guns
right through the house just
over their heads they skedalled
out I guess not very thankfull
I cant think of any more
nonsense this time so I will
enclose a ten dollar to make
it all right so good by
for this time write soon
George
[On Envelope:]
Miss Mariette Hutchins
Berlin Ottawa Co
Mich
