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Regiment: 23rd Michigan Infantry
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Bowling Green Nov. 12th 62
Dear wife I received a letter
from you last sunday and
one from Edna and mariah and
was very glad to hear from you all
for it had been three weeks
sence I had a letter from any
of you. We have ben on a long
march and did not get the
male we hae marched 215
miles and onley rested 5 days
on the rout 0 if the folks
down there could onley see the
country that we have passed
throughe the thoughts of the
war would make them sick
the whole country in one vast waste you can travel miles
and not see a fence the houses
are deserted the windows are broken
and the country is all a commons
The last three days we marched through the hansomist country
I ever saw if it onley had
some of our northern men
to work it it would be a
young paradise but as it is now
it looks bad we are now at
Bowling green and the talk is
that we will spend the winter
here they are making peperations
to that efect at any rate and
if so you will receive letters
from me more regular it has
ben over three weeks sence I
have riten but I had had no
chance for when we are on
the march we have no time
to rite I am well and have
ben all the time with the
exception of one day I had
the ague but that was the
last I hope that this letter
will find you and the
baby well and the rest of
the folks the same tell my
father and yours to rite
to me as often as they can I
would like to hear from them
and the rest of the folks
tell general mansfield that
I should like to have him
rite to me and also Bigford
It seems to be the general
opinion of the oficers here
that this war will be closed
up by next spring and if
that should be so it will
not be long before I shall
see my family and friends
I want to If the things
has got to yet if not
rite to Seely and tell
that you want them I left
them all boxed up and
he was to take them to
hooly and ship them
I shall have to stop
riting for it is so dark
that I cannot see to follow
the lines now what I am
riting I will try and
rite another soon but
I shall have to close for
this time by biding
you good bye direct you letters to
Bowling Green 23 Mich Inf.
Army of the Cumberland
Kentucky
