Camp Mansfield Lusinay Jan 6

 

Dear Lib I have time to write you a few lines to day I dont feal very well I was excused by the docter to day I was takeing with the disintery abought too oclock I driled all day yesterday it is the blody disentery the docter told mee I most keep still I think I shal get along in a day or too Lib it beats all how sick the men is there is a hondard men in this redgment sick with the disentery fifteen in this compny sick our ordly has got the erisiplos in one of his legs so he cant doo duty I am acting as ordly know. I have got a leter from ledgard it don mee all sorts of good I will send you his leter

 

wednesday morne I feal a good deal beter this morning I am excused to day I havent had eny leter from you yet you most keep on writeng if you dont know where we bee derect to to Bankes Expidition and they will folow us eny whare lib what a thunder storm there was here last saturday night it was a perfic blaze of lightning & the hwist thunder you ever see us foure sergants was hodeld up clost to gether o how the rane / did pore doon it ron rite threw ar tent and wet us as wet as a rat I never see sotch a hard storm in my life lib I changed my clothes yesterday & washed mee all over how good I did feel after I don it I want you to write jest what you are to work at lib I have got your ring on my finger yet I think evry thing of that it looks like home to mee lib we are invited to a weding when I get hom Alonzo Shaw our forth sergant has invited us he ses it will bee in a month after he gets home he lives to rich burg I want you to send mee haint the girls got some pictures they can send to mee I want you to send yours to mee have it takeing with your silk dress on we have got marching orders teenty redgments to go up the river I sopose we have got to have some fun very soon that is what I want the boys are all asking questions they are afraid thear agoing to loose a lock of hare there was a corprel in comp C last night shot too of his fingers off I dont know whether he will get his discharge or not the momps has got in our compny I think I shal have them / bot they haint nothing if they dont setle if they should I should doo the best I could what doo you think a bought it I haint very scart tho I take evry thing cool you know litle to cole fore my own good I think some times osker voorhees stripes has ben takeing off from him I think it was because he cant write lib I want you to keep things that I write to you to your self and I hope you doo I dont never want to hear of eny thing here that I write to you I dont know bot you tell barb or ad it would youse mee up I allwayes thought you was good to keep eny thing to your self wiming is great things to know what is going on they allwayes tell each other to keep still you know how that is kate rote to mee she did not write half anough if I had time I could write thre pages as well as a half one what did rozillie think abought my leter let mee know jest how it is what did you thing abought it I think evry thing of rozill & kate jest as motch as I doo of my self I think I know what I am abought you know that we had some words when I was to home abought / walice I think I was write I dont think eny body would miss it if they kicked his ass out doors he is a miserabol sconk you know how that is if he comes there I want you to let mee know all jest how it is you know what he is there cant no body get eny enimies by sotch a louse as he is if eny body would get mad I would not think eny more of them and I would of him you know I allways told my mind I dont know as eny body dislikes mee for it you know I never talked abought my neighbers you know that walice and jim davers was miserbel sconks you know I am a good judge of humon nature lib I think my life of you and net and haint one bit afraid of you you know that as well as I doo I think you should ought to agread with mee and cleard him out you know a man perform as he did haint got no principol no pride I like sotch enimies as he is you will agree with mee before spring I will bet there dont nobody like him bot jest you folks he cant go eny whare els lib write to mee jest what you think abought it I like to write evry thing jest as it is now lib dont feal bad abought what I have wrote because I dont feal bad a bit I feal first strat to day /

 

 

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lib I will write some more when I get home I never will leave you agane I dont feal bad to think I come yet it is afternoon we have got our knapsacks packed all redy to start the boys feal good dec 7 I feal very well to night we are 75 mild from the city in a enimy country / this place is named tipido there is a chance for fun here I will tell you all abought it next time I am affle sleepy I did not sleep last night they expected a batle here too days ago and moved there stores write often lib Loel C Hakes

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