1862
Friday May 23
Camp near wight House
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Dear wife I
take this operunity
of writing a few lines
to you hoping thay
will finde you all well
as thay leave us all at
present I receved your
kinde and welcome letter
dated the 18 last night
I am sorey to hear that
you and our aney are
so unwell your letter
was delade as i receved
your paper two ore three
days agow dated the 16
we had a hevey rane
and hale storme hear yester
day after noone it continued
about twenty minutes
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the weather hear has
bin warme and sultrey
fore severel days it was
quite plesent after the
rane but it looks like
more reane becoming
sultrey our troopes are
in a fare way fore
richmond i hope the
next letter i write will
bee in richmond and
that soone thare is a good
maney troopes hear thay
are nearley all ahed of
our rigment evereything
seams to be working
well slow and shure
I am sorey to hear
of death Mr Campbell
as he was a verey [string?]
man he seams to
hav misforchinges [1] in
this worlde
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we got orders the
other day to pack
up our darke blue
pantes and Dress jacket
to be forworded to
richmond in the first
boate that left this
place thay are all
boxte up now and
readey to gow so that
lookes like a forewarde
moovement we may
leave hear at aney
day ore minute
we hav the phildel
enquirer of wensday
may the 21 i see nouthing
new in it this morning
i am sorey to see
that our gun boates
ware defeted in the
james river i thinke
all will bee right in
a few days
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you seame to thinke
that thare will a grate
armey kept two keepe
the rebles quiet I
thinke that thay will
not keepe so meney
long as it is a grate
expense to the goverment
after thay are once quiet
down I thinke two
months will tell a
good tale one way our
the other wee got orders
to march in the morning
Some of the infintrey
left this afternoone
bill got Johns
letter
no more at present
frome your affectnate
Husband William
Band