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1863-07-10-Page 04

let it come before I have worried away two or three years in this horrible cruelty of warfare, I say if they are going to fight the Rebels back into the Union the sooner done the better and not keep these old wearied soldiers here much longer. I am not complaining because, or thinking I have been in the service a great while but these are men that have been in the army nearly two years
After supper. I had a good supper we had apple sauce it was good. I never have heard any thing more from my town bounty only Libbie wrote that Simon had not got it, she wrote that you had used some of it and did not want the ten dollars I sent home about the 10th.. of May
I wish you would write what has become of it and if Mr Duffer has any of it you wrote he wanted some of it write if all the rest of the boys have got theirs, I do not know as the Town has paid it yet if not I shall try to get it, Mr Herrick wrote to me for an order to get it but I have heard no more from it I sent the order
We have got our pay to-day and I will send this $2.00 to you, if you should get a chance to send any thing to me, I wish you would make me a sort of house wife and fill it you need not not send any stamps for I can lots here, you know I lost mine in the fight you need not send any dried fruit to me for I live very well here..

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let it come before I have worried away two or three years in this horrible cruelty of warfare, I say if they are going to fight the Rebels back into the Union the sooner done the better and not keep these old wearied soldiers here much longer. I am not complaining because, or thinking I have been in the service a great while but these are men that have been in the army nearly two years After supper. I had a good supper we had apple sauce it was good. I never have heard any thing more from my town bounty only Libbie wrote that Simon had not got it, she wrote that you had used some of it and did not want the ten dollars I sent home about the 10th.. of May I wish you would write what has become of it and if Mr Duffer has any of it you wrote he wanted some of it write if all the rest of the boys have got theirs, I do not know as the Town has paid it yet if not I shall try to get it, Mr Herrick wrote to me for an order to get it but I have heard no more from it I sent the order We have got our pay to-day and I will send this $2.00 to you, if you should get a chance to send any thing to me, I wish you would make me a sort of house wife and fill it you need not not send any stamps for I can lots here, you know I lost mine in the fight you need not send any dried fruit to me for I live very well here..