Camp at whites ford mareland

april the 7 1863 hard times here now

 

dear Mother i received your letter today [?] celly let me have it and i was glad to heare from you and to here that you was all well i am well and tuf as a damd old for year old bull my helth never was better i never was so tuf as i be now we had tuf times here but we are having a nic time now we are goin to Washington patrolin in the city so they say we are in a indepedent Brgade we aint in eny divishon so they cant put us to the front our place is pickiten they think peace will be declared les then two months we are building an old rifle for a fort rite on the bluf where old stuart crost with his cavelry and where old stonwall jackson crost with his armey last summer let him try it now if he wants to now he will find some green yankeys here and some of uncle Sams little po guns let them try it if they like we will give them yankey fun i ges we shant have a chance at them but if we do have to try them / we shall give them hell we have got aplenty of guns to pools vill that we can git here in a half an our i hant no more war news to rite now

 

Mar i will send you these rings i have & cupple songs i will send you so i must by saying good By dear Mother this from your afectnate Son the preacher i ges you would think i was a preacher if you could hear me pray when i doant git nothing but hard crackers for my super oh these solgers is dam tuf cusses so good By from george camp

 

well Moses i will rite you a few lines to in form you of my helth which is very good at present there is one thing i will tel you if you doant want to git your fingers burnt i will advise you to keep out of this scrape if a man dos ask you to list dam him nock him down i will if i can if i ever git out of this and a man askes me to list if i can jab him he will git it Mos i want you to take a drink for me once in a while Make my old gates trap do its duty Make it catch a mink i should if i was there if you make a good lot of shugar i want you should send me a little box / ful Mos if you want eny money to use go to Mister Gates and git it i cant think of eny more to rite now so i must close by saying good By from Georg Camp

 

well uncle josh i will rite you a few lines to i am well and i hope this will find you the same i have got a cople songs and a few varses for you to learn and picter that will show you how i have to sleep when i am on picket Be a good gal and when i git home i will by you a shuger kiss so goo By from your oldest Brother George Camp o dam it

 

well Big Sis i will rite you a few lines to let you no that i am well and hope this will find you the same well Sis i haint no prety things to send you now but when i git home i will by you lots of prety things Be a good gal So good By from George Camp

 

well dannel i will rite you a few lines to let you now i am wel and i hope this will find you the same i haint much to rite this time this smalist ring you may have when i git home i will by you a banjo and tamberreen and lots more prety things and tell you lots of war stories So good By from your Brother George Camp /

 

well uncle orrick i will let you now i am well and hope this will find you the same you take a swallo for me when you can when i git back we will have one Bender we will sho them how to deploy as scurmishers we will let wooford holler no that we haint forgot al we new about drinking whiskey So good By from George Camp

 

well granmarm i will rite you a few lines to let you now i am well and hope this will find you the same when i git back i will git some rum and a fidler and we will dance the 8 hand reel in the tune of the devels dream plaid duble quick so good By from George Camp

 

oh Mar send me some stamps

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