Camp Winfield Jan /862
Hater Inlet N. C. Feb 2 [Hatteras Inlet]

Dear Friend
I let you no that
I am well at presant
and I hope to Find you
in the Same State of Helth
I Like this Life Buley we Just
had inspecian For Sunday and
wen I came in the Barackes I
thought of you that you mite be
up at Peter Wooles corner so I
thaught I woud Site down and
give you a Letter we have a big
Fleat down at Fort Hatters
ther is some sixte ode Ships and
steamboats and men of war
I go down near every day and
Look at the Fleat this Fleat is
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a going over the sound to make
acket up at Ronoake Island
and New Burn ware John Hugs
is and some city and Frome
thear thay will go up to Norfork
For Gen Wool sent word up to
them to take out the women and
Children of out of the
City this Fleat will make a
big strike and Finish the war
and we will all be home on
the Fourth of July For they are
makin a move all over the
stats I senn Genrel Burnside
and his stafe he is a good looking
man and I think as a good a
man as the Goverment coud get
For this Fleat we are in his
Divesion and Genral Williams
Brigade we had a Grand
Reivue and inspection By Gen.
Williams and Stafe our Regt
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and the New York Ninth and
a New hamshier Reght and the
Rhodeislad Battery and tow
Compnays of the 98 New York thay
ware only 8 cominays of our Regt
comny B and K compny B is down
at Fort Clarck and compny K is
up at trent at the our post
picket we are in houses we can
get plenty oyestrs down hear
we are Builing Forts and Battreys
and have plenty to do we have
the Shovel insted of the gun
we have plenty of sand and
no Snow hear yet that
is not all we wont get any
hear I must come to a close
now please to give me answer
to this Letter
Yours
Daniel Ohumacht
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Daniel Ohumacht
Camp Windfield
Hatters Inlet
North Carlina