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Berlin MD November 23, 1862

Dear Wife

I sit down this morning to answer

your kind letter wich come to hand last night I have not heard a word from home since I left [?] till last night I had 5 letters all at once two from you and three from Arabine and was very glad to hear you was all well my health is very poor but gaining very slow I had some onions given me to eat I have fried them along and eaten them and they seem to do me the most good of anything I have had for a good while and I got a little tea so I do not have to drink coffee lately tell arabine I am greatly obliged to her for her present and shall spend it for onions and tea I got her postage stamps she sent me I sent for some shirts and things but you had not better send at present it costs so much to send by express if you have a chance to send by some one that is coming out here you may send them if not keep them if you should send Direct to Horace Wright Co H 10th maine regerment Berlin M D when I wrote to you last I was stationed at sandy Hook 6 miles from here and expected to stay there this winter but they wanted a teame to the regerment for Hospital perhaps so they sent

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+Berlin MD November 23, 1862
+Dear Wife
+ I sit down this morning to answer
+your kind letter
+wich come to hand last night  I have not
+heard a word from home since I left [?]
+till last night I had 5 letters all at once
+two from you and three from Arabine and
+was very glad to hear you was all well my
+health is very poor but gaining very slow I
+had some onions given me to eat  I have fried
+them along and eaten them and they seem to
+do me the most good of anything I have had
+for a good while and I got a little tea so
+I do not have to drink coffee lately  tell arabine I
+am greatly obliged to her for her present and shall
+spend it for onions and tea  I got her postage stamps
+she sent me  I sent for some shirts and things
+but you had not better send at present it costs
+so much to send by express if you have a chance to
+send by some one that is coming out here you
+may send them if not keep them  if you should
+send Direct to Horace Wright Co H
+th maine regerment Berlin M D  when I
+wrote to you last I was stationed at sandy
+Hook 6 miles from here and expected to stay
+there this winter but they wanted a teame to
+the regerment for Hospital perhaps so they sent