Camp John Pope Bangor
Sept 28 1862 Me
Farther Mother and Brother I
thot that I would let you no
that I am well and hope these
few lines will find you the
same things are as lively as can
be there is moste 3 thousand men
ower rigerment lacks one company
the Waldo company and the one
her is most full I herd the
[??]ing genril say that we shou
ld be mustered in the last of the
weak ower clothing parte of it is
on the ground now and the rest
of it for ower regt is made and wil
be here the firs of the weak
I shall be up home as soon
as we are mustered into the U.S.
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survis there is going to bee a
meating on the ground today
they wont let a man go of[f] the
ground now if they can healp
it some of the boys gets
water pases to go and then they
go downtown in a hurry but
they dont hurry back I tell
you they wate til the gard
is changed and in they
come then a larfing how
they cheated the gardes
I hanute been downtown sins
last Wednesday I feal as conte
nted as can be we donte have
to drill not more then a [they?]
part of they time I cant rite
much today for I hav got to
rite a good many of the boys
today I wonte you to rite
to me how things are up
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home and how folks
feal about us coming
of to join the Armey
and how the boys feal
that are at home [which?]
we are going to war I can
tel you that we feal first
rate here and hav a good [??]
and have a nofe to eat and
it is neat and clean our
living is Beaf Porke and
Brown Bread white hard
bread tea coffee shugar and
molasses Frank Lenand has
gon downtown on a water pas
this morning Garey has
came down here and joinde
Dover Co he has taken a no
ther mans place for a 150 dolers
he came here teusday he is in
the next camp but one to owers
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George says the he likes
here first rate he looks the
best that I ever saw him
camp life agreas with him I ges
by his looks I hav ganed 6 lbs
since I came here so that you
can see that it agreas with me
to be a soldger if I keep on
I shal be so fat that I cant
go on with out having the
men help me to lift my
grate fat legs after me
I cant think of eny thing
more to rite now so good
By for this time rite as soon
as you get this direct to
Isaac McKay
Camp John Pope Bangor ME
In care of Capt Bracket