100 and 25 feet above the water and a heep longer than that One at Crawfordsville

 

                                                                                                                        Well Will

                                                                                                                        This is Sunday

It is a very purty day our Regiment is out on Picket to day they wont be back till tomorrow morning I am still at the hospitle and have been since Christmas and I expect I will have to stay for some time I have to sit up half the knight evry knight So you know it makes me feel like I was sent for and could not go Well I would like to see you all the best in the world / but I know that cant be now so I content my self by thinking what a nice time I will have when the war is over I am coming out their and live with you I am glad you have such a nice team You wanted to know about the beans and bread I sed that one third of our bread was beans they are ground up into flour and then mixed with the four and then baked so hard you could knock down a two year old with them Well I must come to a close by saying I want to know what the babys name is I have wrote severil times to know and hant herd yet I want you to wrigh all the news you can think of wright / and tell me what kind of a time you had a Christmas I myself had a very dry Christmas for I was at the Hospitle all day Some had a fine time I wish you and all of my friends in Montgomery Co a hapy New Year Well Sarah I thought last winter I would eat turky at your house this Christmas and Newyears but I expect I beter put it of till next Christmas Well Sarah I want you to wright more to me when I wright to one I wright to both I must now come to a close for the presant I want you to wright soon and often So good by hoping to remain

 

Your Ever / affectionate Brother

            Untill Death

 

                                                W^m Forder and

                                                S. A. Forder

                                                and all Enquiring

                                                friends

            Give my best Respects to all of Siles Hiatts folks and Uncle Billeys folks and Uncle Curts and all the

                                                Rest

                                                So Good by

                                                Wright Soon

 

                                    A hapy New Year to all

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