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N C Dec 26 1862

Camp Clingmond nere Wilmington
Dear wief I Seat my Self this
morning to rite you a few lines
this leaves me well hopeing it will
fid you all well I have nothing
of importance to rite you we are at
the Same Camp and still have
to have three rashions on hand
to be redey to march at a moments
worning we drill nerely all the
time on christmast the Col gives
us a holly day we nerely all went
to twon to get our diner I got[1]
as good a diner as I wanted to
eat but it cost me 1.50 cts and I
got one drink of good old Santa C[l]auz
Rum I went all over the town
and went out to the Oak Dale
Cemitarey it is the Largest grave
yard I ever Saw in my lief thare
is 3000 thousand more graves [???]
effects of th yellow fever thare is Sum
of finest tomb Stones I you ever saw
I got Sum flat cedar berrys that you
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find enclosed in this letter take
them and plant them & if I never
see you a gane Keep them in
rememberanc of me I have no ideer
that I will get to come home at all
untel the war closes if we go to va
and I think we are Shore to do that
you rote to me about sending Zeppa
to School I think you had better send
her if I dont never come back I want
you to all the childering the best
Education that you can posibley
can we fare better here in the
eating line than we did at
Savannah we get as good beef
as I ever eat we get bacon 2 beef 3
and &c we draw flou[r] 2 times
a week I got your letter day before
yester day dated the 14 and I was glad
to here that you was all well I am
getting ancious to here from you
a gane rite as often as you can
I will do the same we are looking for
our things from Savannah to morrow so no
more I remains yours [???] A J White