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Regiment: 9th Michigan Cavalry
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Historical Figures:
July the 2 1863 Camp
near Danford Ky Wall
Lucian as i once more
take the opertunety of
seting my self down to
write afew lines to you
to let you know that i am
well and tuff and hope
these few lines will
find you the same the sun
all most burns throu the
tent so it is hot i tell you
wall Sina miran Lang has
just come from Coldwater
he saw Dany in Detroit
they are a goin to
send him to the 8 and
let them do with him as
they are amind to with
him i think they will
not not punish him
wall now about
the 4 of july i heard
the folks in bethel was a
goin to have a big
time i hope they will for
i think we shall i want
you to stick up your
head and rare like a colt
in green feed for
i shall try to injoy
myself in the best style
i can you know that
soldiers cant rare like
folks they are in the
tils so never mind
this i am tuf and know
tell father and mother
Larabee to rare to
never mind for the
ware the ware cant
last long 3000 of the
rebels are in our ranks
on our side i mean
they runaway in one fite
that meny in all of the
fits will soon clean
them out they are giting
sick in this part of the
country wall Sina
write after the 4 and
tell me what for a time
you had Dont be
bashful in a good cose
write all i ant dead
yet no give my love
to all tell Harson
and Alinira i hant
forgot them if they
have me they can
write or do as they are
a minto they have
got things to write
on and i hant so
that is the diferants
i lay on my belley
and write on my plate.
and call that a good
place tell them to
rare to the 4 i expect
we shall all i on that
day when you fire
that big gun on the
hill tell Leory jane
to keep her nose
cleen i will fetch her
a little man when i
come home from
the south he is a slick
one to he is black
as tar and twice as greacy
she will like him
i know there is
lots of them hear
the fields is black
with them in this part
