Nov 3rd /63
Camp near Warrenton
On Bealton Plains Junction

Dear Mother
I seat myself
the present moment
to answer your kind letter
which I recd yesterday I
I was glad to hear from you
& to hear that you was well
I have been on the Rail Road
to work for 3 days laying
the track I like it first rate
I would like to work there all
the time the weather is pretty
cold here now it is as cold
as it will be this winter
I wake up every morning with
cold feet I want you to get
ready to send me a Box tell
Father to make the Box so to
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be ready to send it when I get
ready to have it come
I want a pair of good
stout Calf skin Boots well
pegged one sole & two tops
No. 8. & a pair of Gloves
& some pies, mince some Apples
some Butter some Cheese some
sweet cakes and Apple sauce
dough nuts & lots of good
stuff that you know I want
& two pair of socks that is
what they call stockings out
here I dont know hardly what
to do about my Colt I guess
Father had better sell Nig & use
mine untill I come home or
else sell me his & sell mine
I want him to say what he
will take for his I saw
Daniel Strickland this morning
he is well Moss is sick
the health of our Regt is
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pretty good now we shant
have much more fighting this
fall we are now at ar near
Warrenton junction on Bealton
Plain my Helth is very good
ar present why dont [Su?]
Norton write to me I never
will write to her again until
she writes to me I hade a
letter from mr Weston the
other day They were all well
but the Baby that was sick
what dos Ez say about
being drafted I hope he will
not have to come they are
going to take the whole
this time Tell Ez to send
me a letter do you know where
Nell is now I have written to
to her Twice & cant hear
a word from her I cant
write any more now
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I read Doras letter
the next day after I sent
mine out please write
again soon from your
Son
Otis J. Getchell
17th Maine Regt Vols
how did the crops
turn out
is my colt fat

tell Father to send me
three dollars
with out fail