Derect you letter to Ralelegh in car of cap Mc<?>
from W.H. Stricklin Miss Mary A Hollin

Head Quartes Camp Crab tree Raleigh N C [September 186?]
Iredial Street No 1
Dear Aunt According to promise
I will this sabath morning offor A
few thoughts I deem it unnessary
to go through A long de tail of my
Travails as I have Stated to farther
Which you will Read there has nothing
new taken plast hear you hir more than
I do I will tell you A part of A
Souldier life hit is a hard one But
We have fun a planty and a planty to
Eat and a good tent to Stay in me and
William Jones lis to garther and W,W, Str<?>
and <?> Johnson to garther all in one tent
You aurote to See me I am getting is fat
is a pig af I can keep well I think I will
Be a man by the time I come Back I am
puty Well Saitfide oly When I thinks about
all of my people that is in Duplin and
my tru love I laft behind af I could See
her coming I would give a heap hir and
faney and kitey and you you cant tell how
glad I would Be But they is a day a coming
When I hope I will See all of you af I <?>
tell my gals if I could kiss her sweet lips
I would be better Satisfide Mary A Hollin
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Head quarti Raleigh September
Deare unclin Williams and
Aunt and cousin I set by
the Drum to emform you I am
well and harty hopin thous few
line may fine you all the Same
good Blasin Well I Will tell you
Something about our fiar hit is
Better than I thought to fine hit
We have fun aplenty they is
nothing new We are all Well tell
cousin Mary E G how I am how We
is an Whear I am I tell you the
truth I never See the like of Rock
in my life theay is Some as Bige
is a house John you had Better
come With me for I See Some of the
pettey gerls and ugliest that there is in
the world I have Seen Sum of the liest land
that I ever Seen in my life Since I lefte
home Nothing More at presints Only rite Soon
Direct yours letter to Raleigh in cear of capton
Mc Millian Send this to Willis Hollin

from William H Stricklin