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Regiment: 1st Michigan Light Artillery
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Camp Clear Crick Aima, Miss
July 23rd 1862
Dear Brother
Yours of June 22 was
was reseived in due time but owing to
warm weather rather more to laziness than
any thing else I have neglect to ansor it
untill now. I am well and have ben most
of the time. we air in Camp fore miles
from Corinth + have ben nearly a month
doing nothing how long we shall stay hear
I cannot say I hope all summer for it
is the finist place we have ben into yet
we have plenty of good spring water to use
a fine runing stream to baith + watering
our horses. but the Contry in this part
of the state I dont think mutch of the
Farmers raise nothing but Corn + Cotten
for a month I have ben hankering for
vegatabels + fruit + it is almost imposabel
to get any thing I have ben out of Camp
two or three times from five to ten miles to
get something of the sort to eat the first
time I went out I got a half bushel Potatoes
by going to two farmers + paying the rate
of from 3 to 4 dollars pur bushell Cucumbers
5 cts a peace + very small string beenes a shilling
a quart a good size Union 3 for a quarter
milk sweet or souer the same 25 cts a
quart. Appels the size of a butternut 8 for a
quarter dime. fresh Butter 50 cts
[ ? ]
last sunday I road 15 miles + all I could
get was a bag of green corn. That I
forgot to pay for, which if I had not would
have ben five sents a ear. I sometimes wish
they would send us to Virgina whair we can
do some good. we air laying around hear
as if thair was nothing to do. last Sunday
I was at Bronville evry thing is thair
except some Garilla parties that come out night.
Saturday night they came out about midnight
took 13 of the Mich 3 Cavalry
we loos one or more most evry night by them
but we take two for evry one they get
the Cavalry boys say they go among them
in the day time they find them to work
on thair farmes or sitting around thear
hous all good Union men + those that
hav nottaking the oath air reddy +
willing to do so. one half of them to your
fase air for the north but as soon as your
backs is turned they would send a ball
thru you if they could I have had a
good chance to find out something
of them for the last fore weaks for
while black burees lasted I was out
twice a weak we went in squads of 5 or 6
we always went well armed. we had one
little brush with five Calvalry men the
first tim we went out our horse wair
about ten rods from us in the woods
when we saw them coming they wair
nearly mild of coming for us we soon
got to our horses + was redy for them
as soon as they saw we wair mounted
facing them they stopt then we
started towards them when they turnd
run + we
[ ? ] after them we chast
them three miles we took one man +
horse saddle + bridle the other fore got
in the woods + got a way
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I have reseived 3 packedge of papers
from you since I wrote to you before
this. I think on nothing more to write
at present. pleas write as soon as posabel
Yours Very Respectfuly
John F. Settle
[On Envelope:]
MICHIGAN.
J.H. Settle Esq
Schohare
N.Y.
