Camp Meates Station Dec. 6 1864
Dear father
i take my pen in
my to let you know that
i am all well at presend
and i hope this few lines may
find you in the same State
of good health. And futher
I let you know that i reciv
your leter and I was very
glat to hear from you and that
you ar all so well at pesind
And futher I le[t] you know
that we hav to move
agen we march bout 25 miles
left Petersburg and thare we
lay 4 days and thar i was
one day and night on pickets
one then we march 5 miles
futher up now we lay bout 2
miles from Petersburg and as
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Much i now from Petersburg
that thay can taket eney
times thay pleas thay [Puty?]
near Surround thay goes
one the left wing in and
if thay gos in then thay goes
rite and left in then thay
hast thay can taket eney
times thay pleas but thay
holet and thay must go
round that way to take the
Rebles batry furst And futher
i let you know that i reciv
your leter but not the medens [1]
but i think that come
and i see in your leter that
Litty is at hoom and he
wontes to know if i git
his likenes i git his likenes
and i dit rite her a leter
down to Lehigh Valley Poesoffice
but I think he wont git it
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And futher i let you know
that the boys git so much
Boxet and his think was very
nices but the chickents ar
spoil and sent me one to
and sent me som tobaekco
and a shot [and?] smoeking
to baekco and a pipe and
sent me little money and a
pare of stockins and the other
thinks you may sent what
you want and if you thing
as you can sent me my
wach then sent me it
i whoul like to hav my
wach. And futher i let
you know that Henry Wicks
dit come one a bote bout
6 weeks ago and we dont hear
nothing of him no more
some fellers set that
boat is capturt and he
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whould be prisner but i
thinks that is not the
truth i like th solers
life good but some boys dont
Daniel Weiss sones dont
liket he is sick puty near
all the times and Joseph
Rax is th sames but i
dont thing so [???] [???]
hoom this is all for
this times i giv my best
respeck to Lity rite soone
Peter Oswald
comp. H. 209 Regt. P.V.
in car of cap W.H. Miller
Washington D.C.
Vera
Adress for your box
Comp H. 209 Regt [??]
Washington D.C.
9th Army Corp