[1] June the 18 1863
frederick county
Winchester Va
Der companion it
is with plesure I sea
te my self this mor
ning to drop you afew
lines to imform you I am not
well at this time but I am not
on the sick list I eate so much
of milroy good thing tell it
meke me fell bad and sick
I reced aleter the other day
and was glad to her that you
all was well excep babey you
said he was not well he was
cuting teath we ar in Winches
ter provo gards the army is gone
to meri land I was riting a leter
the other day and got aleter
while I was riting I was
sorry to her that the
cavelly was makeing
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sutch arad thru that cuntry
now I will tell you som
ting about the war I think
some time the war will
be over sune it looke like
that we whip them evry
fite verry easey thay had
bilt them aforte on the
hill be low winchester
it was the best fortifide
plase I ever saw the leweas
aner bregad charge [Louisiana Brigade]
in front owers just be
hind them north carolin
just be hind us Erley
charge the forte with three
lines of battle I thorte it
was agoing to be the hardist
fite that ever was when we
was fixing to charg the fort
we got every thing you could
menchun to eate excep
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pound cake I got evry elce
but pound cake it look
like be ing at a weding
I am as wel fix as i want to
be now excep thay will
thay would gav me adischarg
and let me go home I wan
to com home verry bad
but I dont know when
I can come home not tell
fall I hav got aplenty
of paper and envelopes
as much as I can toat my
napsack is as heveye cant
toat it one day to save
my lif as hot as the wath
er is so hot I want to
know if James
Sullivan is got home
yet you must dow
the best you can and
evry ting to gether the
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best you can
teell mother to
rite She hav for gotin
me now She rote to know
if she coul get them
I told her she coul get
them and that was
the last I hav not herd
from her sence I
would like to come
home verry bad
I must stop riteing
for this time nothing
more at present
but remaining your
affecate hus ben untell
Death William Garrison
to Americka J Garrison