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Camp Peoria Peoria Sept. 28th 1862 Dear Mother Saml. Campbell is talking a little of going down to S- in the morning & I thought I might write a line & if he didn't go send it by mail. Our Chaplain was in camp to preach for us again to day. Sunday in camp don't seem at all like Sunday- all the differrence from week days is we don't drill & the Boys generally have more carrying on to do Mr. Peterson just came through the Barracks distributing Harpers Monthlies for the Boys to read- it seems to me that, that ain't very good reading for Sunday, but maybe it's better than nothing. Camp life is a life of peculiar temptations I find- there don't seem to be - for [common?] anything [vertical writing begin] there will be another tear up in the company. Slack hasn't been very well for the past week but is better now I guess I have "writ" enough for Sunday Your Affec, Son, Henry Rice I never read my letter so excuse all existing mistakes H Rice [end vertical writing]