Fort Du[chen?] va

No the 23 18 64
my Dear wife I Take
The oppertunity of wrighting
you A Few Lines To
Let you know That I
am well At preasent
An hoping that theis
Few Lines may Find
you enjoying The same
health and Futher I
am going to Let you know
that it is very Cold
down hear the ground
i[s] Froze so hard that
it will Bear awagon
ore even the ice the
Same and futher i am
going to tell you that
Elhaman Dampman got
his discharge he Left
fore home this morning
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His Father got him
Clear he went to the
Secratary of war and they
got him Clear but i
rather think his father
got Substitude
fore him i wood Abeing
very glad if i Could
A went along with
him but I could not
go but if there is
somthing very paticular
wrong About home
I Could Get A furlow
for 15 or 20 Days

but I must Close fore
this time i want you
to write to me as
soon as you can and
Let me know wheather
you got that picture
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I Send to you
and send me some
postage Stamps if
you can get them
write Soon fore get
it not

From your True husband
Samuel Cauller
Louisa Cauller
Write Soon

Co. C. 107 regt vet vols
Washington D C
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Tell pap to write to
me once i wrot two
Letters to him an got non
yet from him
This is all at preasent
write Soon fore get
it not S C L C N C