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Regiment: 24th Michigan Infantry
Culpeper Va Feb 17th 1864 My Dear Wife and children I will improve the present oppotunity in writing a few lines to you to let you know that I am well bodily and spiritualy and I hope this will find you the same I have just recived two months pay and I supposed you are short and I make no delay in sending it to you in cair of Mr Brokway you will find twenty six dollars in his cair & take it and make your [ ? ] compartable as posible I think probably that we will be paid the next two months pay in march, I hope you will answer this as soon as you can make it convinient I have not heard from you since I wrote last and send Josephs picture I wrote for a fiew part stamps the [ ? ] day has paid me for all [ ? ] I will not send for it for my self in particular but I raised a little expendiry money with it and probably will make a little more. I hav made me a good [ ? ] watch in the way of trade it stands me nothing out of pocket. I hav got another good watch to sell as trade and there is another one tha I sold for fifteen dollars on trust he will probably pay it or part the next pay day. I hav made the last 3 months nearly as mutch as my wages extra to you see I hav had a chance to [ ? ] well when it could be got. if I could buy 11 hundred dollars worth of second hand watches in detroit I could make about a hundred and fifty dollars on them out here [ ? ] the last I heard from [ ? ] she was sick I hope she has got well I hope wish I could be with you all. I am happy now but if I could be with you all I should be twice happy [ ? ] and more than that. [ ? ] we must live in hopes prospects is [ ? ] I am not discoura- ged yet, [ ? ] children I think of you every day and you dont no how mutch good it does me to learn that you are good children and improving so fast [ ? ] I live to return home to you again I will reward you well for it yes and I [ ? ] as mutch indebted to mah for her clost watch and per[ ? ] manner in which she has trained you from day to day. May God bless you and his spirit continauly [ ? ] with you and [ ? ] your strength and support throu gh all your trials and troubles of life it is verry cold and windy to day my hands get numb verry often and as I shall hav to be in some hurry to get this [obscured by piece of flag] I will begin to [obscured by piece of flag] love [obscured by piece of flag] and [obscured by piece of flag] my [obscured by piece of flag] [obscured by piece of flag] like [obscured by piece of flag] from [obscured by piece of flag] news to write a present so I will close by bidding you good by for this time I remain your true and afectionate husband and father T. O. Webster this is a piece of our [ ? ] [heavily crossed out] flag