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Dear Wife | Dear Wife | ||
| − | I will spend a few moments this afternoon | + | I will spend a few moments this afternoon |
to write you a few lines to let you know that I | to write you a few lines to let you know that I | ||
| − | am well and hope | + | am well and hope thes few lines will find you the same |
I received your letter last night and was very glad | I received your letter last night and was very glad | ||
| − | to hear from you I assure you I had a chance to | + | to hear from you I assure you I had a chance to |
send home so I wrote to Lyman and Mary and sent them | send home so I wrote to Lyman and Mary and sent them | ||
by Mr John H Turner of Lewiston who has been discharged | by Mr John H Turner of Lewiston who has been discharged | ||
| − | from our company and gone home I have not much | + | from our company and gone home I have not much |
| − | news to write now except we | + | news to write now except we wer turned out last |
| − | night past one oclock to fight the enemy we were | + | night about [?] past one oclock to fight the enemy we were |
paraded about an our waiting for the enemy to come on | paraded about an our waiting for the enemy to come on | ||
| − | before we found but it was a | + | before we found but it was a fals alarm it was an |
exciting time to see and here 5,000 soldiers getting | exciting time to see and here 5,000 soldiers getting | ||
| − | ready for battle I will assure you I | + | ready for battle I will assure you I had as much as I |
| − | could do to keep Capt Emerson in the camp he has | + | could do to keep Capt Emerson in the camp he has |
| − | been very sick I | + | been very sick I gave him one of my emeticks yesterday |
and it operated first rate and he is a great deal better | and it operated first rate and he is a great deal better | ||
to day he will be able to do duty again in a day or so | to day he will be able to do duty again in a day or so | ||
Revision as of 13:39, 13 November 2018
� Camp Jackson Washington DC June 15 1861
Dear Wife
I will spend a few moments this afternoon
to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope thes few lines will find you the same I received your letter last night and was very glad to hear from you I assure you I had a chance to send home so I wrote to Lyman and Mary and sent them by Mr John H Turner of Lewiston who has been discharged from our company and gone home I have not much news to write now except we wer turned out last night about [?] past one oclock to fight the enemy we were paraded about an our waiting for the enemy to come on before we found but it was a fals alarm it was an exciting time to see and here 5,000 soldiers getting ready for battle I will assure you I had as much as I could do to keep Capt Emerson in the camp he has been very sick I gave him one of my emeticks yesterday and it operated first rate and he is a great deal better to day he will be able to do duty again in a day or so if nothing new takes place I wrote [inserted] to Lyman that George Barker was sick he is better to day and will be able to do duty soon tell all of the folks how do for me also the children tell them to remember father tell