[1] Camp Marcy
March 9. 18.62
Dear wife I now set
down to wright a few
lines to you hoping thay
will finde you all well
as thay leave us all at
present I receved your
kinde letter dated the 4
and was glad to hear
from you I receved your
letter dated the 6 it came
to late as Mr
gregg was hear before
the letters got hear
we ware just gowing
to role Call at none
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when we saw Mr gregg
coming down the walk
it made mee look to
see him hear we all
had a happey shake
of the hand fore we
are glad to see a frend
at aney time nearley
the first worde he spoke
was you neede not wonder
boyes what brought mee
hear ore if you know
what brought mee hear
you would not be sureprised
at mee being hear it made
mee feele bad to thinke
what was wrong as he
did not tell us what
was the reasone he come
hear he gave us to under
stande that [orem?] had bin
sending something very
strange in his letter
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I thought it verey
strange as we had
not heard aney thing
I do not know what
ever put such a though
in his head as to wright
such stuff as he did
with out it was
us gowing to noove
i think the boy is
afraide he thought
we ware gowing right
to bull run his father
tolde me he thought
he could not hav
bin right but i
canot say i know
that he is not within
teling a lie he has
got that name in
his companey he is
to young fore soldering
he is afrade
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It is one of the
pritest sundays i hav
seane fore sum time
it looks like dring
up the roads evere thing
is quiet hear Mr
greegg and John Blakey
tooke dinner with
the colonel he did
not stay long with
us he left at half
past three fore
wasington he sade
he had a good deal
of bisness to do he
thought he would
not get away till
munday from wasington
from your affectonate
Husband Wm Band
to his wife M A Band