Camp Meats Station December 14 186
Dear father
I take my
pen in my hand to let
you know that i am
[???] [???] [???] [1]
i hope this few lines
find you in the same
state of good health
and futher i let you
know that I reciv you
leter and i was very
glat to hear from you
and that you ar all so
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let you know that i
reciv them metans And
futher i let you know
that our Regtmant [aras?]
and make [rate?] thay
hat good times thay
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Capture some turkeys and
som picks and some [ohan?]
and some black womans
and some malacses and
some wiskey but i could not
go long i dit cary a log
and i slip of and fall
down and it fell on my
leg and it pruces [3] it
little then thay put
me in the Camp Hospilte
but i inspeck to go to
my Companies in few
days my leg puty near
good but the boys ar backs
alrety And futher i let
you know that we hat
nice weter out hear but
we hat [???] snow out
hear bout one inch
deep but in few ours
you coulden see non no
more And futher i let
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you know that the
boys dit burn every
hous down wat thay
dit see and it only takes
feir ours fore that and
thay toure bout
25 miles the South
site Railrode up there
gears for that hurah
harah hurah fer that
this is all for
this times i giv
my best respeck to
my sister
and to all my
frends rite soon
and rite me all
the news Peter Oswald
another sing
unterstant this
leter will take
the same Adress