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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
�8th Maine Vols - Beaufort, S. Carolina January 20th, 1863.
Dear Sister,
I found a letter from you a day or two ago which is unanswered - I did not know that I owed you a letter or I would have written before -
I suppose you are having sleigh rides now What have you got there now to sleigh ride wirth - Do you keep the old horse gig! - What is Fass doing now? And George and Herbert? It has been a long time since I have heard from them --
Fanny, I suppose employs most of her time in [two-letter word struck out] scratching on