Camp of the 5^th Vt

May 10 186[?] Co H

 

Dear Parents tis with much pleasher that I right to let you no that I am well and hope thess few lines will find you the same and all of the rest of the folks up thare that I no to be frends to me. Well I supose you air having nice wethr for spring work and other buisness to Well we air having nice weather for spring work and it is fighting our work is But it is geting pirty hot down hear for ous to march with 8 days rations in our napsacks and haversacks to But I guess we can stand it for a spell eneway if no long so we dont / cair much about it We will jest let them do jest as they air a minto do for all we cair Well I dont care no hardly what to right only give my love to all from me and tell them to right to me if they want to hear from me and if they dont they may jest go to hell or som other plase that will sute them beter or worse jest do as they pleast to Well when you get my lotment money jest let me no and let me no if you have boght the sho[?] plase or not or this other on or not or som other on or not and let me no if you have maid your garden and if you have got / som land to plant and how much of it you have got to plant if eney or not jest right all of the news you can find to right for i likto get news from home Jest tell libbie to right to me and tell harvey Johnson to jest suck my foot that I never will speak to him as long as i live if he dont right to me and shall hate him jest so long as ino him for I have rote to him 2 letters and haint had no answer from him and his sister may go to hell or a plase of hur on choice I dont care on dam for hur nor one othr girl up there in the north For I am jest agointo have a Cesesh Girl for my wife if / ever I get on atall for they have got the good blud in them and they air as grity as afish tied roled in sand

 

Well I dont think of much mor so good by for this time give my love to all take som your self to

 

John W. Pitridge

John W. Pitridge

to J. M. P. & H. P.

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