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Regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers
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1864
Flint River Alabama
May 22
To Miss Clark
I received your letter to night as
I sent you one to day and I sent you
one last week as I sent you all the
news as I know on and I am glad
to hear that the children is well and
going to school and I received a paper
to night datid May 2
nd and was glad
to received I have ben trying to send one
to Cap for this two or three weeks but
we cant get any and I am glad that
you got a good cow I expected that
she would be but Taft did not do right
you say that you did not get that
6 Dollars from Clark did he say he
did not ho it if I understand you you
say that Lawson wants two Dollars
for Ironigig of the weelbarrow you tell
him that it was 14 shilings and tell
him if he charge you two dollars as
I say so you say you dont feel much
like riting but I can answer a letter
even get up in the middle of the night
and rite right of at any time some
time I have rote two or three a week
and never less then one and I am glad
to hear that you have got the garden all
planted you say that you think as you
are doing your duty I have no dout but
you are and I feel glad of it to now my
good woman how haft did I ask you
to let that woman alone to me for I
ware as inscentas James is I told you
that I could not stand it I
would of not of been hear for one hun
dred dollars her month but I must
make my best of it how and I hope
and trust to god that I can see
you a live once more and I think
there is every chance yes I remember the
words that past verry well I do not forget
much and when I went out of the door
I expected to do it at that time but I did not
and if I live to se you I will tell you
all about it you say you want
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send you home my likeness I told
you in one of my other letters that
I would and I will do so as soon as
I can but I do not now when that
will be we are 159 miles from Nash
ville it may be soon or not very soon
but as soon as I can but I think that
I cant by the forth of july but I cant
tell but if I can I will you say that
you got a letter from Uncle was it my
uncle or your uncle for I rote to my uncle
the first one I rote to and I have received
no answer if it is from mine I wish you
would mail it to me you say docter
wants you to give the cow to him you do
no such thing at all I do not care wat
he will call it at all for you want the
cow your selfe you say that you got a
new boilor and it cost 6 dollars I think
you cant have much money left wat
kind of a bedsted did you get or was
it a new one I supose not with only lost
2 ½ dollars you say that you are sorry
that I did not get that box of pills +
comb and I am verry sorry for I
want them very bad but I expect
they are lost but do not send no
more till isay so do I think that
I have no more to day at preasant only
that miss Cramer sent me word
that you all ware well her Brother
is our orderly segt I did not no
him before he told me of it so
no more from yours
+ well wisher William Slater
First Michigan Engineers
+ Mechanicks Nashville
Tenasee
P..S how you rite as often
as I do
Wm Sr
