Nov the 2 ond 1862

Dear Cousin,
It is with the greatest
of pleasure that I take
up my pen to inform
you that we are injoying
toleable good health at the
preasent only Stephen he
has just got up out of the
mumps he has a neck
like a ground squirl John
Mc Gee is the same old
fellow and I am after the
old sort I receaved your
kind letter of the fifth
inst lastnight and was
glad to hear from you
although it was somewhat
old I received five letters
last night one from you
and one from Stephen McGee
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Aand one from Sam and
one from Jane one from
uncle John and one from
Mother
I also got one from your Father today
You say there is no boys
there worthe a sent well
Jane I am sory fo[r] that
for I like every body injoy
them selves
we injoy our selves very
well here the boys went
out and jayhocked four tirkeys
and six chickens in our mess
we have had tirkey three
times today and have some
yet We have plenty
of bakers bread and plenty
of hard crackers and plenty
of meet and potatoes
Ho would not be a
soldier when there is plenty
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bridges to gaurds

I expect we will
stay here all winter iff
we do I expect we will
get to go home on furlough
befour spring
Well Jane I must come
to a close for this is the
fourth letter that I have
wrote today and you know
I must be some what tiered
I am on guard tuty today
I will have to be up until
one oclock this eavning
on account of some of our
Corperals being sick we have
to two of us do the work of
three therefore we have
be up nearly all night
I must close please excuse
this scrall No more but
still your affectionate cousin
H Johnston to M J Johnston
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Please answer thiss
soon give me all the
good news and the bad news also

Henry Johnston To his Cousin

Miss Mary Jane Johnston