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                                                       Bangor Agust 12th 1861
  Governor Washburn
                               Dear Sir  I feel it my
duty to adress A few line to you
in regard to our second maine Regiment
from Bangor The boys are writing home
that they are starving is it possibal
our Government will send our men
out there to fight for their country
and not give them enough to eat
and so arear[?] : I have a son out
there all I have but I do not take
his testimony alone but I hear from
evry quarter they are hungry and the
bread and meat they have is not
fit to eat They are worn down with
that dreadfull battle they had and 
good sweet meat This has been the 
cry ever since they have been out there
cannot this be seen so I am A union