Va
Camped near Aquia Creek

Monday may th 25 /62

Dear Sister
it is with grait
pleasure that i set
down this eavening to
rite you afiew lines
to let you no that
i am well at preasent
hoping that when this
leter comes to hand that
it may find you all
enjoying the same blessing
i received your kind welcom
leter this eavening and
was glad to here from you
John and Joseph [1] is bothe well
Joseph is staying about one mile
from me in the hospital
[page 2]
i think that jo will cum home
in afiew days i hope he will
i should like for him to go home
i would like for all of the boys
to get home once more mary i aint
much to rite to you to day i would like
to get aleter from Rachel McCarty
again i would like to here what
She has to say for her selfe i think
she is a firstrait girl if she only had
achance for her life i rote her ahard
leter harder than i aut to i will
never rite any one a insulting
leter again as long as i live
i shell see her if ever i cum
home again it is not mi inten
tion to make mi home in
the state of ohio if i ever get
out of this war if i get through
safe and get home again i think
i can spend the rest of mi days
in sum other part of the world
besides old Champaign Co ohio
[page 3]
Well mary i am most tired of
riting to day and dont no
what to rite mary i want you
to find out all you can about
what that girl thinks and says
about me and let mee no it
Well mary i must stop riting to
day and get to cleaning mi gun
for despraid we hav meeting twice
a week her we are having very good
times here i would like to soldier
all mi life if there was no fighting
nor marching to do well mary i will
close mi leter by asking you to
continue righting to me i am your
ever beloved friend now and forever
George Milledge
to Mary Diltz

rite soon as you can