1863
No 34 Whinchester Appril 28th
Ky
Dear Wife
Still Live well and harty Eat
And Lay down on the Grass we have all kinds
Of Pies Green Peach Dried Peach Strawbery
And other kinds of Prseve they have to Sell
From 10 to 15 cts 10 cts about as thick
As yowr shot Cakes but very Nice we see a
Few of the hubard kind but not many
We had a very Easy time of it Sence we Ben
heare it Pleasant heare to day it is Cool to day
Just right to sit around on the Grass
I. Should life to have the Chrildren to Play with
Me hear on the Grass Armey rations Go
Beging but we Shall have to Come to it
Loan this the Best time we had sence we
Come in to the Armey but we would
Jump over a ten raill fence to Git
home Give my respects to Otis if you
See him tell him we E[n]goyed our
Selfs very well Sence we Left Fredrickbur
Fredrickburgh I would Like to heare
From him he was Lucky to Git home
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you Say AnGeline is tring to make of[f]
Fuss I wonder if She will Gain Eny thing
By it I would like Slap her how is Ben
Does he Shake his head Eny now do not
Take Eny notice of what Shee says but if she
Speak to if Shee you Speaks to you her Giv mrs
Bicknell my Best respects for She is ready
To Send a helping hand with Cooking
For Pay And May God Bless Through
All her walks of life wo For the many
kind Acts She hase done I Shall Never for Get
I hope I Shall See once more to thank
Her. And many thanks to the rest hou
Stood ready to help you Give my respects
All of them I Cant heare from you
Very often I received your 44th the 21st
I hope I Shall Git one to night if i
Git Let you know if I write Sophia
a letter to morrow which I think I shall
There is Darkes heare Frome Afkeran
Dwon to the Amakeran
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Horshes . Mules . Darkes and Soldiers soilders
Come Larst how Do you Sopoes they Punesh
Soilders heare they Make theme Lug a rail
up and dwon the Collar line. none of our
Co. have done it yet it is Absence with
Out Leave or some such thing ther is a Gear[t]
Many Per[isener?]s Put up heare I bought
A Can About a [qrt?] Strawbery yesterday for 50 ct
It was very nice but I felt Poor and
Sold it for the same. I think you
Git Sick of my letters if you Git them
All How do you like the Pucture
How do you like his whiskers I was Shave
Shaved for the first time Larst suturday
Sence I Come from Camp Whipple
I Am the Best Cooking man in the
Co. now we Got to Smart up all we
Can to night on dress Prade the Big Officers
And many of the Citterns are Coming
to See us to day is washing day with us