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The letter is undated, but I think it is sometime after Dec 10, 1862 when Wm was separated from the main
body of the regiment.
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Louisville, Ky
Dear Father
here is a box of things that I hav got rety to send to you here is some reble knives that we got of[f] the Prisoners and one of them is marked for Uncle [Gregg?] and one of them for you and one of the others is for lester mumbrue and you can do what you please with the others
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I Did not know hardly what to do about sending this box of things
I got rety[ready] to send one once before and I had no brother to send them to
I Did not Pay the charges on this for it would cost a great deal more to pay it here than it would thare
tell mother I want her to make one great Puding out of this rice and eat half of it for me
William
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