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[begin vertical writing] The weather for the past week has been quite warm, if it keeps on shall soon doff my under shirt & drawers. The grass shows green, and everything gives signs of comeing Spring. Grey Backs or in other words Boddy Lice are quite numerous in the Reg., but as yet I have the first one to find on me. I bath as often as once a week, and try to keep my cloths as clean as possible [verticla writing end]

Young's Point Lou. Feb 25th 1863, Dear Sister Carrie, When I last wrote to you, it was so cold that I could not write much, but I promise to write a longer letter soon. I received Sara letter of the 15th last evening. Am very glad to hear that the good people of Summerfield will not allow traitors to rule them, to give the writer of such an article his due would be to take him in hand and give him a good pummeling, if all neighborhood's would repulse them with as much enthuseasm as ours, the soldiers in the field would be in much better spirits, there is so much treason printed in northern papers, that hundreds desert from dispondency. Was sorry to hear that you do not receive my letters regular, you must have heard from me soon after she wrote that letter for some of the boy's got a letter from H. Phiney, after his [arival?] one thing certain it is not my fault, for I have