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November 14, 1861 Camp Baker Budds Ferry Hookers Division Mary Land Dear Wife and children I pen those few loynes to ye hoping I will find ye in good health as this laves me in at present thanks be to God for His blessing to to me. I main to let you now that I sent you a letter [with 8 dollars] by the Mayor Whighman of Boston. I suppose he will…

Camp of the 11 Reg't Mass Vol A near Peterbourgh V.A November the 1st 1864 Dear wife and children I sit down after a long and tiresome week to address a few loines to ye hoping the will find ye in good health as the departur of this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. I rec'd your letter togeather with the 5 dollar on…

Willimbourgh Virginia [May] the 8, 1862 Mrs. Lally Dear wife and children Thanks be to God I have the opertunity of writing to ye once more. Hoping that it will find ye in good health ae this me in at present. Thanks be to God for bringing me safe through the battle on Munday the 5 ins which was a hard day between blood and rain from 7 in the…

Camp near Richmond May 21 1862 Dear wife and children I red a letter the 19 of this month which gives me great pleasure of hering from ye being in good health which leaves me in good health at present, thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife I feel tird this morning fer I am on a march this last four days from Williamsbourgh on for…

Camp of 11 Regt Mass Vol VA March 3O, 1863 Dear wife and children I rec'd a letter from you yesterday which gave me great pleasure to here that ye ware well and 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 very happy that John is gone to Callifornia for that is a better place…

Charles Co. [near?] Budd. Ferry MD March 25, 1862 Dear wife and children I am writing those few loynes to ye hopine that it will find ye in good health as this leaves me at prsts thanks be to God for His blessing to me. Dear wife this is my last letter that will go from me for som tim but all the letters that will be sent to me I can Red. them. I…

Camp of the 11 Reg't Mass Vol. V.A. March 2, 1863 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 us all. I main to inform you that I have got the box, and all that was in it is a ham and 6 lumons and 6 oringes and a few…

Allexendrea July the 16 1861 Dear wife and children I take my pin in hand to write those few loynis to hoping it might find you in good health this [laves] me in at present thanks be to God for His blessing to us all. I should write before this only that win we come to Washington we expected to lave [iverry] day. So we left Washington the 13 and…

Camp of the 11 Reg't Nare Martinbourgh MD July 15, 1863 Dear wife and children I take this oppertunity of writing those few loynes hoping it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to us all. I main to let you now that I got safe out of the last battle which was fought on the 2 and 3 of July and…

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…