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We have got paid off to Day & I am a gowing to send a order to have you draw it you can go to eny bank & draw it they tell me father you want me to send 20 Dollars I must get my boots taped & get my minatures taken & other things that I want so I keep 11 Dollars & let you draw 15 father you say that you hant a gowing to use much more of my money I want you to use it Draw my States pay to the reason the boys did not like Capt Fallon he was prety strict & old madeish he was not liked by some of the other officers very well / by a for some reason ar rather I did not like him so well as I expected

 

We have not got eny Capt yet We have two Lieut thear names are Stone & Thady I expect our Capt name would be we shall have a Capt by the name of Satan

 

We had orders come the other day to be redy to march at eny time I think that they thear will be a batle some whare before a great while if we should move I think we shall go on towards Bull run father you said that you worried a great deal about me when you heard that I had lost my voice I am a gowing to take just as good / care of my self as I can that is the way we must do mothh mother you say it is no matter if you dont answer every one of my letters I feel just as glad to get a letter from you as you do from me I should like to get one or two every week such a one as I got last I will pay all the postage I like to get a good long letter from Home you all knows that I am a Home Boy I think that we shall all be at Home next summer but it may fail us if we are ever called into Battle I shall do my duty as near right as I can I shall think that I am fighting for a good cause I cannot think of much / more to write I cannot get my minature taken to send in this letter but shall in the next I must write to byron Ranty I sopose you & Byron had a good time didnt you I sopose he has garn Home before this time write me Ranty a nother letter write all the news you can think off Father write me in the next how times are in Ludlow Direct all your letters at Washington just as you have done if we should move it will come to me just the same I dont want you to wate for me to write all the time first I will close write soon good by from Lowell

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