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Dear Wife | Dear Wife | ||
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I have a small chance | I have a small chance | ||
to send a mail this morning | to send a mail this morning | ||
| − | and thinking you would like | + | and thinking you would like |
| − | hear from me I sit down on | + | hear from me I sit down on |
the ground to pen you a few | the ground to pen you a few | ||
lines to let you know that | lines to let you know that | ||
I am still alive but we | I am still alive but we | ||
have had a hard time | have had a hard time | ||
| − | for the | + | for the last month |
we have marched day and | we have marched day and | ||
night most of the time | night most of the time | ||
we have not stopt more | we have not stopt more | ||
than twenty four hours at a | than twenty four hours at a | ||
| − | time I have not heard a | + | time I have not heard a |
word from home for the | word from home for the | ||
last month till last night | last month till last night | ||
| − | the mail come to us I got | + | the mail come to us I got |
one from you wrote may | one from you wrote may | ||
fourth and was glad to | fourth and was glad to | ||
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Chesterfield Va May 26 1864
Dear Wife
I have a small chance to send a mail this morning and thinking you would like hear from me I sit down on the ground to pen you a few lines to let you know that I am still alive but we have had a hard time for the last month we have marched day and night most of the time we have not stopt more than twenty four hours at a time I have not heard a word from home for the last month till last night the mail come to us I got one from you wrote may fourth and was glad to