Camp Neer Piter Burg

Wenday July 27^th 1864

 

My Dire Father an mother I no take this present opertunity of riting a fu linds to lete you noe that I am well at present and hope thes fu linds may find you the same I rote to you som time agoe bot have not recived eny ansor yeat an thot I wod rite another to se wether you had for got me or not I have the best borth that every I had in my life bot dont noe hoe long it will last bot the pay dont come yeat an I dont noe wen it will eather not ontil this campain is over I recking thare wos very hevey sheling here ole nite las nite we can nock Piters burg ole in a cock hat wen ever we are amin to bot it Pieres that grant dont want to Paus things noe it is I ges I gese / he is adimacrat an ole the head ofersers an thay want to hold it ot I think be cose it will make agrate change in leck shin this fole an that is wot thay wont Party an mony has carid this war to fore noe if it had not bin for that it wod have bin over along be fore this we have the rebeles cramped noe bot the Dimacrats noas if it closes in abies time that it will goe agines them an if it dont it will make agrate change for them for the ppel is tard of this war both north an soth it has bin agrate thng virgine is nothing bot adrieary plase an abaring grond you wod beastonshide to se hoe this thing is carid on we have got artilery anof to cile ole the rebeles if thay / Wode ues it Bot I dont noe wot it will com to yeat noe one can tell we have bin lain here neerly to monthes noe an have done nothing onley thoe ope brestworkes an bild fortes bot I dont have that to doe we are proverse gardes an have nothing to doe onley to pick ope the straglers that gites lost from there straglers an take them to there rigments an then we have ahores to ride an thay have to wake an some times I dont have to goe ot fort or the dais nothing to do bot cock aneat bot it hante home at last it semes to me that like nothing I cant be satis fide with such work bot iam very lucky to git were I am for the rigment has bin ole tore to bits I hant sene the riment sins the forst of may an dont want to eather /

 

I here that there has bin another draft done there an tock Jockester an Charley soten that is bad bot thay most come I am glad that I come wen I did for I was drafted the forst one that is Just wot ioles thot that wode be my lock an then iwod have to come an gat nothing for it eather an wont have got the borth that I have nether I never cod have stod it to carid anap sack on my back like the drafted men dose

 

Noe I most come to aclose I have rote you along lete that is wot I want iwan you to doe for I want to here the nose give my love to mother an your selef an ole the childrin stell remands youres troley

 

Francis G. Springer     Drect your leter

to F. G. Springer Co. A. Washington D.C.

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