JohnCampbell11

Transcription: 

Chantilly June 18th /63
Dear Father I now sit
down to send you a few
lines to let you now that
I am well and that I shall
send the amount of 26 doll—
ars in this letter by expres
with the sutler
I have but little time
to write now and give
my love to all please
write yours in haste
J P Campbell

Date: 
June 18, 1863
Collection: 
John Preston Campbell Collection

Author(s)

John Preston Campbell
Unit: 
Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
Rank: 
private; first sergeant
Residence (County): 
Norfolk County, MA

Recipient(s)

“Dear father”
Name Variant: 
“Dear father”
Residence (County): 
Norfolk County, MA

From

From State: 
Virginia
From Municipality: 
Chantilly, VA

To

To State: 
Massachusetts
To Municipality: 
Medfield, MA
To County: 
Norfolk

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Madison McFarland
Transcription Date: 
November, 2013
Proofer: 
M. Ellis
Proof Date: 
December, 2013

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