Dear parents we received your letter and was glad to here from you. We got ugene letter the same day. i come off gard this morning it was puty rainy I have to go on gard once in four days. We have some puty good time here the Battery boys have got a foot ball We kick most evry night. the 14^th Battery went of last monday prescott White was in it. When you send that box put in some apples butter cheese pies not cakes you need not put my shirts because we shal have a furlow before we go of. you said you wanted to know the names of the oficers /

Col Arnold A Rand

Leiut Col Washburn

Maj D B Keith

Capt Frederick A Rand Co E

Capt hurlbert

Capt Morton

Capt Keith

Leiut carter Co E

Leiut purley

Leiut Miller

That is all i can think of now. it is getting dark so I must close good by

 

Yours Truly

F P Burr

 

P S Put in the boot brush and blacking and send it soon /

 

I shall write to

Eugene in

a day or two

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