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| − | + | � Chesterfield Va May 26 1864 | |
Dear Wife | Dear Wife | ||
| − | 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 [to-cutoff] | and thinking you would like [to-cutoff] | ||
| − | 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 rest | + | for the ["rest" x'd] 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 | ||
Revision as of 12:08, 5 November 2018
� Chesterfield Va May 26 1864 Dear Wife
I have a small chance
to send a mail this morning and thinking you would like [to-cutoff] 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 ["rest" x'd] 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