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Camp Nere Frederic Burg
This March th 20th 1863
My Dier Wife I embrace the oper
atwnity to drop yow a few lines
To inform yow that I am as weell
as usural and I hope that when thos
few lines comes to your distant
hand tha may find yow weell an
and the children an injowying
your self the best you can wee hav
very rough weather her now wee
went on picket last saturday
an came back monday evening
i dont think our regiment will
go any moor while wee stay at
this camp the 20th an 23rd an 12th
an 4th hasto go on bee for ours do
any moor thos regiments an our
our Brigade they take it time
abowt captin Baily said wee
was coing to move a way from
her an go whar wee cold get wood
Mag they will pay us a gin to day
or to morrow wee drawn clothing
yester day I drawn 2 shirts an 2 par
of slips an one military coat an
pants I did not need them but
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But the capt said i most hav
a military soot I an aff is a
Talkin of tring to send allr cots home
if wee can for wee cant carry them
I an W L Eidson was at th 4 Reg
the 26th cosn is weel I saw Bob
Nybwt an gas Summers an Jwle
an Jessey an John cumins an all
of the Boys thay ar all weell gas
complains rite smart i think he will
bee better satisfide aftir he gets use
to it I never told yow abowt the
River her it is tidee watter it rises
an fawls 4 ft evry 12 ours wee stand
on one bank of it an the yankes
on the other sided they talk to us a
cross it they Told us if wee wold
come ove an thay wold come back
with us an if wee cold get his hors
over wee mite hav him bridle an sadle
Mag Tell paps an kinders howdy
an i will rite to them in a few
day E D Barnet is dead he died
the 25th i riten to his father that day
i surpose he has it by now wee
had preachen her the 27th on good fir
day wee done no dewty that day
it was Jef davises orders
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