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Camps near mar[t]ensburg va sep 22 62
Dear Carie it is with much plesur that
I write this feu lines I am not well but
So I can keep up with the regiment I got
up with the company the day after the big
fite I have bin ovr in Maryland but
I hope I nevr will hav to cross the
potomac a gain I have waided it twice ouer
boyes has sufer vry much only one kild
Severyal wonded Some taken prisners
ben Hearrison & tuo or three others wer
taken prisen ovr in Maryland I dont think
we maid eny thing by going ovr in Maryland
I never Saw the like of ded men & wonded
in my life & I hope I nevr will a gain
the next day after I caut up they Sheld
us powefel I thort I would bee kild
eve minnit but thank the lord I come
out unhurt I Saw brother Sam the other
day in winchester he was alittle Sick
& barfuted he was sent back he was
in all the fights except ovr the rivr
he was in the manassas & came out un
heart he did not know any thing about
william he ses he has not sean him
sens the retreate from yorke town
ouer begade is cut all to peases the
begade aint as large as ouer regiment
was when we left savannah we hav
about twenty men in ouer company
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I Saw James Boyed this morning he was
well T Everett is up but luoks vry
bad brother Sam & the the boyes hardley
new me they Say I luok like I was forty
years old .J. Peek is detail to waite on
the wonded at the hospitle I hav not
Sean him they Say he luoks vry bad
W Burk is up well & harty Carie
we Suffer for Something to eate &
something to war we hav to Steal
rosen ears we get crackers & some times
we get a little buef we only have
one sute of cloas we cant wash them
we ar as black and durrty as negros
& lousey as hogs I am a Shame of it
but I cant help it I dont surpos
thir is a man in servis that is clear
of lice I dont mean head lice but the
body lice Carie write if you
pleas I hav not heard from you
sens I left Lynchburg I write
to you evry canch I get I write ev
wake giv my lov to all the connection
kiss the childron for me oh if
I could see you all guod by Carie
T. A. Woodham write