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Regiment: 9th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned: Richmond, Virginia
Historical Figures:
July the 22 1864
In Camp Near Kingston tenn
Wall Sina as I once more have the
privlage of once more of seating myself
for to write these few lines to you to
let you know that i am still a
live and in Good helth and do hope
these will find you the same for
I am still on the gane and can say
for myself that our journey has
Ben a hard one so far and what
it will amounto i cant say
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most we suffer for is water the wether
is so hot her and dry the streems is
all dry up you ther in old Bethel
may think it warm wether there But
if you was her one day you would say
you never see any warm wether in
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life the rods is so dusty we cant
see our file leador and when nite comes
you cant tell one man from a
nother horses the same and the cry
is water all the time
We have stoped her for 2 days and am
going on in the morning for Chatnooga
we was in Alabama for 4 days from
ther to tenn a gain from her we
are a gain to Georga and from ther
i cant say what will become of ous
But we think we will go to North
Carlina if the rebs dont stop ous on our
way we have ben 15 days on the rode
her and am a bout half way to Georga
i hope we can find water more plenty
the wehter will grow warmer all the
time we have ben 2 days a faring the
train a crost the big tenn river
so you can think what for a train
we have with ous o yes Sina our men
has whiped the rebs out in Georga
and they have a nother Big fite down to
richmon and our men whiped them
there to Sina I am laying on my
Belley a writing this letter Sina
i had one of the darndes dreemes last
Nite in the world I dremp i was
home and you would not speek
to me and that you went off
and left me a lont at your
fathers and i went home and i
thought you come a long with
Salley and jake and i went
out and you said you would
not ride in the same waggon i
was in so i got out and you
went on and i went home and
staid ther do you think you
would seve me so if i was to
come home Sina i cant think
so o yes Sina the blackburies her
is the thickest kind so is hucklburys
to wall Sina i will close for Now
by Giving you my love and all
of your folks and mine to and
say to you i recived your letters
with that peace of your New Dress
in it i think it pretty for a
plane dress Sina if you
ever git this dont laf at
my scrabling for my pen
is poor and i cant write
Any how so i will say
i got them too letters you
sent to the hospital with
them stamps in so i cant
think of any more onley the
boys is all well Miss Bucks
2 boys is well i bunk with
then Sina they are good boys
so Good by write soon
from A miserbal poor and dum
soldier A H Wiser to his
near and Dear wife L M Wiser
So no more drect Cincinnati
Ohio
9 Mich Cavlery Co I
Write soon Dear Girl far a way
oft times do i set and think of the past and of the present
[chewed away] time to come
[chewed away] one what is coming
