Headquaters
Co. F. Unattached
Infantry Maine Vols.
Battery A. Belfast Me. March 28, 1865.

Dear Brother Edwin
I now take my
pen to answer your kind letter.
I received the money all safe.
I get my letters and papers regurley from
home every weeak, I told you I had
changed sides in my last letter.
I like here better then ever before.
I am Water for Lieut Keyes
and I like him very much.
he is a good deal like Lieut Colby.
I stop in his quaters the most
of the time and sleep with him nights
on a good spring bed. I have four
small rooms to sweep every morning
& two beds to make & the fire to build
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I have the wood to cut & the fire
to keep burning & the water to bring.
and bring Lieut food down to him
from the cook house & to run on
earends & that is all I haft to do.
and I can do it all in an hour
so you see I dont have much to do.
I get red of the fatague work
which is quite hard.

I tell you Ed,
I am having a grand time
down here in Belfast.
I think this kind of Soldiering
is better then any thing else
I ever did. I have been in Servis
now most three Months. so you
will see that I shall soon be
a nine Months Man once more.
but I think I should like to be in
for five years if we always could
have such a good time. but we
dont expect to,
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last Thursday evening
the Neighbours gave Battery A.
boys a tip top Supper
& we had a grand time I tell you.
it it was more like going
to a picknic then eny thing else.
Sunday afternoon
and evening I went to
the Methodist Meeting.

last evening I went
to a social party and had
a very good time.
to day is is quite plesent.
the Snow has most all
gone of and I shall be glad
whe the mud gets dried up.
Wallace Foster went home yesterday
he will come back next Tuesday.
I sent home a Woolen Blanket
my scalf and Mittings, and a pack
of my letters you will put the letters
in my chest.
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I sent them home last weeak
by Wm Towmbly one of our boys.
he will leave them at Oscars
Noyes. I hope you will send
me some Syrup. send me
five Dollars in the next letter
I have had a letter from J. Holt
thay are all well. I got one
from Oscar Needham last
weeak & one from Charley Noyes. I have not
had one from Charley Cox yet.
I have got twenty Corrospondents
and several more to write to.
I got eight or ten letters last weeak.
Perfect to get eight days furlough when
I go home. I will now close hopeing
this letter will find you all
in as good health as my self.
from Frank Cox
Battery A.
Belfast.
Me.
P.S. the Ship of War Rhode Island
came into port last friday to get
recruits for the Navy. she carries twelve
guns.
Frank Cox.