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Regiment: 9th Michigan Cavalry
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January the 25 1865
Savannah Ga
Wall now Sina as
I recived your letter of
the 9 of this month I will
hasten to write and will say I am
well and tuff as a dam buck and
was Glad to here you was the same
and to here you had Got the 10 dollars
so I live in hops of your Giting the
rest I sent Sina the wether is
Dam cold here Nits it comes off of the
Bit waters but I have to sleep a lone
any how I have riten to you meny
a letters
[chewed away] onley this one
sence I ben here Sina I want you
to try and stay at home with
Salley and I will pay her and
Jake when I come home you said
you was a going to school I cant see
why you wan to go to school for
you know it is no place for a
woman if you had of wanted to
go to school it was your place
to have done it before you was
marrid you know every body is redy
to talk a bout you and in a little
while you will have as had name
as rosina has and I am a
gointo say rite here I have had
letters from folks in that parts
and they keep telling me you dont
do as you aught but I say nothing
a bout it but now if you want
any help from me you want
to stay with
[chewed away] and be a good
Girl for I cant stand it to here
so much stuff for I will never
come home a gain if I cant live
with you and have it said
you are living with a bad woman
so I will say no more on this part
Wall I will say we are a
going to leave this parts of
the countery for South Carlina
and I will say this dam ware has
ruind me for life I cant see a dam
minut of comfort here nor at home
so in the name of God what shal
I do Sina say it has cosed me to
Drink and to curs and any thing
to pass off time the best I can for I
feel as if I was forsaken and have no
friends on erth may be it will be
my luck to fal before we git to
charleston and I dont care one dam
the boys
[chewed away] here now and
redy for the long march that is
before us no news onley our men
is following the rebs south and
will folow them to the south pole
if they dont give up soon they
all think it will close inside of 3
months
Wall now Sina I will say
in your next letter I sent 5 doll
and in the other 2 and if
you git it thenre is some
confederate money in both of
them and in a nother one silver
ring I made raped up in some
confederate money rite soon
as you git this and tell me if
you git them for I want to send
some more money soon so I
will close give my love to Salley
and Jake I rote to Salley the other
day and to father larabee to I write
to all Sina
[chewed away] rite
A. H. Wiser Co I 9 Mich Cav
Savannah Ga
from hal to Sina
Never can forgit Sina in time
to come yours truly Now and
for ever and ever Sina rite soon
Good Nite Sina