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Mass Vol Camp of the 11 Regt Dear wife and childrn I rec'd a letter from you this day which gives me great plesur to here from ye and also that ye are all in good health as the departur of this leaves me in the same thanks be to the Lord for it for I just has arived from a long march this morning of 70 miles. We left our camp on 3 ins and marched…

Mass Vol VA Camp of the 11 Regt Dear wife and children I sit down with pleasure to writ those few loines to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as the departur or this leavs me thanks be to God for his blessing us all. I rc'd a letter from you on the 27 ins which givs me great pleasur to here that ye ware all well. I main to inform you that we…

Virginia January 16, 1863 Dear wife and childrn I set down to writ those few loynes to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as the departure of this laves me thank the Lord. I wrote a few loynes to you 2 weeks ago as we are moving the same day I had [no] tim to say much. I main to inform you that we did not move only 5 miles north of the…

January the 3 1863 Camp near Falmouth V.A. Dear wife and children I rc'd a letter from ye yesterday which gives me great pleasure to here that ye war all in good health and enjoyed the Crismas and I hope ye will also enjoy the new year. I main to let ye now that I am in good health thanks be to God for his blessing to me. I rc'd 5 stamps and l…

Camp of the 11 Regt Mass Vol Near Falmouth V.A. December 22, 1862 Dear wif and children I set down to write those few loynes to ye hoping that it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife I rc'd a letter from you on the 18 ins which gave me great pleasure to here that ye ware in…

FaImouth V.A. December 3, 1862 For Bridgett Lalley Dear wife and children I sit down to write those few loynes to you hoping it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife You must excuse me for not writing to you befor this fer we are on the march this last 15 days and this is the…

Virginia Camp of the 11 Reg't Mass Vol October 28, 1862 Dear wife I received a letter from y on the 24 ins. which gave me great pleasure to here that you and the children was in good health as the departure of this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to us all. I feel uneasy about you not getting the money that I sent to you a…

September the 16, 1862 Arlington Hights V.A. Dear wife and children I sit down with pleasure to write those few loynes to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. I main to let ye now that I feel very much improved this last 2 weeks for we had the first Rest for 9 months and…

September the 11 1862 Forth Loyons VA Dear wife and children I sit down with pleas. to writ those few lins to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me for bringing me safe to this day to have the pleasure of hereing from ye once as long as I can not see ye; but God is with me…

August 10, 1862 Harrison Landing VA Dear wife I set down with pleasure to write those few loynes to you hoping that it will find you and the children in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. I have rc'd the box yesterday and all was in it was spilt except the whisky and that was all right. I should…