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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman
Carter Station
Tenn August the 2nd
Dear Friend
yours of the 25
th of July came to
hand this morning I was some
what surprised to learn that
you had not got my letters for
Jackson I wrote from and again from Louisville
and then waited for an answer but
your first letter went to the front
and I did not get it until John
came back he brought it to me
I did not get the scrape of a pen from
Liby yet I wrote one to you on the
17
th of July you must excuse me for I
can say with a clear concience that I
am not quiety I think you and Mart
are getting to be pretty good travlers
if you can start off and walk to from
Lamont to Libs school and back but
I suppose needsessity is a pretty hard
master I suppose you will enjoy your selvs
when you get home again the boys are all
well here I guess before you get this you will
have seen Marvin Creager he started on
his way home some time ago we are still
guarding bridges here but there was a
report yesterday that we were going to move
but the order has not come yet so I
cannot tell where we will go to or whether
we will move or not We are having very
good times here now plenty to eat and
not much to do which is the two great
troubles of the soldier if he has enough
to eat and nothing to do he is content
the people around here are principally rebs
but they keep pretty cool they bite ther
lips and look out for something to happen
to Grant or Sherman but evry thing
seems to go against them I think the work
goes on finely and that all will yet be
right but we must not look for peace yet
if we would not be disappointed
there is nothing like patience the end of
all wars is peace and in Gods good time
it will come to us but there is the price
to be payed for it before it comes part of
which has just been payed in the loss of
the gallant Il McPherson but there is
hundreds of poor soldiers slain in evry
fight who though as dearly beloved by their
friends as he receive little if any notice
there was a report that General Grant
was killed it caused gred rejoicing in the
rebel papers but it proved to be untrue
for the other morning he helped them out
of bed in Petersburg by blowing them up
and I hope before you get this they will
have better reasons for wishing him dead
they have been beaten in their attemp to
take the capital they have also been beaten
in their attemp to drive Sherman from
Atlanta so there is every thing to hope from
the two great armies now in the field
but enough of this it is now nine oclock
so hoping you will get this soon and
answer it sooner I will close
my best respects to all the folks
trusting in your good grit that
[ ? ] this you
started for home on foot if no one
came after you I will change the address
to Berlin your friend
Thomas Wasson
[On Envelope:]
Miss Mariett Hutchins
Berlin Ottawa Co
Mich
