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Dear friend

I now take this Oppertunity to write A few lines to you to let you now that I am well & in good spirits & I hope those few lines will find you in the same condition I received your letter & was verry glad to hear from you & to hear that you was well & in good spirits to[o] we got paid two or three days ago it is the first time that I have bin paid in ten months I drawed one hundred & fifty two dollars & thirty Cents

I am A going to send the most of it home in safe keeping you said that you wanted to now how the toe got along it is all well & it dont trouble me anny more you said that you was in Culpeper a few days ago if you come to Culpeper again I wish you would come & see me our Camp is 4 miles up the railroad toward the rapidan river near mitchell station I dont now as we will stay here long the report is that we are A going to come back to Washington in A few days A good share of the men is A reinlisting & going on furlow the duty is verry hard now on our regiment especily for it is pretty small well now I will have to close my letter by saying good by my dear friend walt