Newbern N C
July 5th
Dear wife i got your Letter of the
27th i was Just about to write
when i got it we Shall Be
Paid off today and i Shall Send
you some monny by Tom
davenport he will Be at
home on a furlough and
i want you to give him the
Blue army Pants and he will
Bring them out Grant done
Just Right to refused the Com
mand of the army of the
Potomac he Can do all that
he Sets out to do in the west
But he would Be the Same
as Mc Clennan and Hooker
Before he had been there
a week it is to near wash
ington where all the
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Coruption is and they are
getting worse day to much
[?????] in the Cabinet thats
all i [you?] that the [48?] th Regt
dont amount to much if all
things are true that will
[????] well in Mass for
men to refuse duty and only
nine months men at that
they had ought to bee shot
well i dont know anything
about Nate Collins only
what we hear out here I
Liked him when in the 8th
yes i am a right Smart
Carpenter i tell you By
the way our time is out
Sonner than we thought
for it is out next July
instead of december the
war department have manged
it So that the old Regt
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Can Be mustered out all to
gether So we have got about
Eleven months to Stay i have
not Seen Joe Alley for a Long
time i guess that our Boys
will Behave well at home
but of Course will Be a Little
wild after Being in the army
two years it is about the
Same as Being Shut up in
State Prison you say that
you have had Rain for Some
time at home But i
Should Like to have you
See a Rain out here it
has Rained now every day
for a month But it is
done now and it is hot
enough to Bake a Person it
is very Sickly this Summer
that is fever and ague [1] and
intermitent fever we Lost
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one of our Company this
week of fever Mr Joseph
Ratfield of ipswich Brother
to william that was Shot
at whitehall Last fall
we have Lost a kind
Comrade and Soldier
we Pity his Poor old
Mother for he was her
only Support and the
Company will Send
her a Subsciption to
help her well i must
Close give my Love to
Mother and all the Rest
i hope this will find you all
well kis the Children
for me your Husband
Joseph Barlow