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| − | + | Camp of the 20th Maine Vol | |
in Front of Petersburgh Va | in Front of Petersburgh Va | ||
July 17th 1864 | July 17th 1864 | ||
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Dear Mother | Dear Mother | ||
| − | I thought that I woud | + | |
| + | I thought that I woud | ||
Write you afew to let you know that | Write you afew to let you know that | ||
I am well and hope that theas few | I am well and hope that theas few | ||
lines wil find you the same Mother | lines wil find you the same Mother | ||
we still lay here in the dich before | we still lay here in the dich before | ||
| − | + | Petersburgh we have bin in the front lines | |
| − | Petersburgh we have bin in | ||
for 25 Days and we have had to dig | for 25 Days and we have had to dig | ||
Nights I suppose that you would | Nights I suppose that you would | ||
like to know how we live hear in | like to know how we live hear in | ||
the dich we have got boom broofe and | the dich we have got boom broofe and | ||
| − | we live in thehem we | + | we live in thehem we hant got eny |
sick in this Co now or we hant had | sick in this Co now or we hant had | ||
| − | since we came hear Mother | + | since we came hear Mother see by the |
papers that the Rebels have bin up | papers that the Rebels have bin up | ||
in Md and Washington I gess that | in Md and Washington I gess that | ||
thay got Diserpointed this time | thay got Diserpointed this time | ||
Latest revision as of 15:51, 30 January 2019
Camp of the 20th Maine Vol in Front of Petersburgh Va
July 17th 1864
Dear Mother
I thought that I woud Write you afew to let you know that I am well and hope that theas few lines wil find you the same Mother we still lay here in the dich before Petersburgh we have bin in the front lines for 25 Days and we have had to dig Nights I suppose that you would like to know how we live hear in the dich we have got boom broofe and we live in thehem we hant got eny sick in this Co now or we hant had since we came hear Mother see by the papers that the Rebels have bin up in Md and Washington I gess that thay got Diserpointed this time