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Transcription: 

1864
Satuarday December 5th
my Dear wife I Take
my pen in hand To
informe you This few
Lins to Let you know
that I am well at
present hopeing this
few Lins may find
you injoying the
same health and futher
the wheather is warme
we have not mutch
cold wheather down hear
and not mutch fighting
going on just now we
are not in winter
qates [1] yet but we
Have A great Deal of
Guard duty To do
The joneys are decerting
[page 2]
prety fast their
is a great meney comes
in evry Day our
Cavelery burned reame
Station the other Day
and took some few
hundread prisners an
burn A great Dial of
hay and other things
I am very Sorey that
I did not receive
A Letter from you
fore so Long i have
not got one fore over
A week write soon
and Let me know
how things are going
on and all the news
you know and when
you send me A
box send me some
[page 3]
write Good things
But I must Close fore
This time I have beign
On guard Last knight
and I feel prety
Sleepy But now
answer my Letter
as soon as you get it
be Cause i do the Same
I Like so mutch
to hear from you
and you do the same
from me
Write Soon Remember
me and fore get me
not fore i dont
fore get you
Co. C . 107 regt Pa
vet vols Washington
D C
[page 4]
From your Dear husband
Samuel Cauller
write Soon
you have plenty
of time if you
only take it
myDearwife louisa Cauler Samuel
Cauls Nora sifia Caul

SC
LC
N C
S C
L C
N C
[2] Write Soon
Remember

Footnotes: 
  1. quarters
  2. right margin
Date: 
December 5, 1864
Collection: 

Author(s)

Unit: 
Company C, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry
Rank: 
private
Residence (County): 
Lancaster County, PA

Recipient(s)

Residence (County): 
Lancaster County, PA

To

To State: 
Pennsylvania
To Municipality: 
To County: 
Lancaster

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Andrea Cudworth
Transcription Date: 
February, 2012
Proofer: 
M. Ellis
Proof Date: 
September, 2012

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