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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Infantry
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Camp Arlington Oct 6th/61
Dear Uncle
I have no excuse to
offer you for not writing to
you before only that I have
been too lazy. We drill all of
the morning in skirmish
ing as our regiment will
have the most of that to
do being the first regiment
in the brigade. We have awful
hot weather now I guess we
are having our Indian Summer.
Our New Colonel is very strict
I think that he is trying
to make regulars of us
from the way he acts he has
thribled the guard and the
General told him that it
would be no good because
the boys would be out any way
and it is about as he says the
boys will be out any way
The last day we were on picket
two of Co. D boys went over and
shook hands with the rebels
and asked them how they liked
the war and they said that
they liked it well enough
they asked them what regiment
was stationed on the hill and
they said they were a Alabama
regiment they asked us what
regiment we belonged to
and we told them the Michigan
Second when they said Oh! You
belong to the Michigan Second
do you I guess they are pretty good
boys they told them they thought
they were and then our
boys came back. I saw a letter
in the Advertiser from one of
the fighting fifth as they are
called take it all together
it is one of the bigest storys
that I ever saw published if I am not mistaken it was
Mr. E. J. Shirlock that wrote
it was it not tell me when
you write. I had a letter wrote
to you yesterday but the boys
make such a noise and
jared me so that the letter looked
so bad that I tore it up.
We did not march as we expected
to but we do not know when we
shal have to I dont know but
what you have heard of our brigade
being changed from McDowel
to Heinselman division which
is encamped below hunters
creek about two or three miles
below Alexandria and we will
have to march down there before
long. I have not much more
to say and as it is a geting
late I will have to close
Give my love to all of
the folks
Good Bye
From Ed Winchell
[On Envelope:]
Martin Geiger
Detroit
Michigan
