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Regiment: 9th Michigan Cavalry
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East tenn
In Camp Near Waleser Cross Rods
March the 13 1864 Sundays Morning
Wall this lonsom Sabbath day finds
me in some what of diference kind
of mind for I recived a letter from
Lucina dated the 27 of last month
but all rite fo rit is just as I expected
for it I had not wrote the one I did I
would not have had this one but I
expect to git one in return of it I
say all rite for it bully for your
spunk
spunk Sina the onley thing that I can find
any falt with is you said the curses of
God would folow me to my
grave Sina I expect to go to my
grave in that way with the curs of
God After me so does any other
man but I have got it to stand
if I have ruind you in any
way so as to case the curs of
God to folow me
I am sorow for it and of ask you
to furgive me for I alwas tryed
to do the best I could for you
Sina and shall as long as I live
for if I had not of herd to Manson
stuff but it cant be helped know
I was sorow the next day for
writing it I aught to let it
gon but I was sick and what
he told me it make me almost
crasy I know I was not in my
rite mind for the next day I could
not tell what I had riten but Sina
I went to the hospital the next day
after and staid too days and
the doctor told me I was home
sick he said he coul dnot see
anything a bout me onley
I was home sick but I
told him different
[ ? ] all
I can say
is I am her and shall stay
prehaps my time out if I dont
git killed but if I dont I am
coming home and
then I am again stay there
bfore I leave my home a gan
it will be to fite old inglan
Sina I come this time to try
to git money to by ous a ham
for you know we cant
live at fathers in peace but
I gess I shall fall short of it
for my clothing
[ ? ] is
this pay day 30 Dollars some
of us boys bill is 60. $79
but I have got 6 months
pay coming sina I sent you
15 dollars in one letter sence
the 25 and if you git this
write and tell me
And when
I git my pay I will
send some more to you
you I had to use rest
of the money I
[ ? ] old ted
to send if I had not if
keept it should sufferd
for we was whare we could
not git any rations some
of our boys used 50 Dollars
Sina some tyms we didiant git
but for 2 days onley what we
beged from satersons then go
without the rest of
time
