Camp Griffin Jan 16 1862

 

Dear Parents tis with great pleasher that I right to let you no that I am well and hope thes few lines will find you the same to tis some mudy her now but warm as can be expected for this of the year we haint ben paid of yet but shall be soon we think so eney way hear our first Leutanant has ben promoted Adjutant of this Rigt I some think that i shall be his wator if I do it will take me of from all other deuty Tis a good plac hear to be for ithink so dont you to 

 

Be shure and send that box as soon as you can for i am wating for it with all the pashents of the lord Be shure and send the whiskee to send jest as much as sent for to be shur now do jest as i tell you to for it is the best thing that a felow can have to not take cold if he goes out on picet guard he has some spirits to take so he dont take cold atall send to galons or mor if you can jest as well as not be shure and send it to Captin C. W. Seager Dont put my name on the box atall for if they find my name on the box they will open it / shure as they find it there so be shure do as itell you now Give my love to all of my frends that I am well and hope thes few lines will find them so now to tell them this is my dlight to be in the armey her for i far first rate here to dont wore about me atall for iam jest as well as i can be in this Core tell me how Charles McKinney does get along with his [?] Tell me how Johnson feels about Harvey being in jale and how Jons wife feels of hir man being in jale to take care and dont get in to the jug father for it is abad plac ther for me to be here

 

So no more at present /

 

So Good Bie

For This time

 

John W Pitridge

 

So Good

Bie

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