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Memphis Tennessee Oct 31, 1862 Dear Mother, I now seat myself to write a [fiew?] lines to inform you that I am well and hope you are [illegible] [illegible] it has been a long time since I have heard from you. It is [not?] verry exciting here [illegible] new I am writing to you [now?] on [illegible], that I [hacked?] I have a [plenty?] of other paper but I thought I would write on this so I yesterday I had a letter from Jennie [shocked?] you had not answered her letter [yet?] she is [quit?] [anxtious?] to hear from you as well as myself I think a considerable more of Jennie than I [need?] [to?] she is a real nice girl she writes very good letters I think she says any one can [get?] [from?] [Illinois?] in to Wisconsin and marry [as?] well as I think that [was?] a pretty strong hint I do not want you to let any one see this letter [Mary?] [illegible] is about [played?] out with me me she [frets?] [illegible] me all she will I do not want you to say any thing prehaps some day I will see her and I can have a talk with her I always have thought considerable of her some [time?] I cannot help it I have [illegible] her [more?] than ever I [illegible] Jennie but my [love?] for her is getting cold the [fact?] is that this City is to be [illegible] before long with a large force to day the 31 day of October we are [musterd?] [into?] [service?] we are [musterd?] the last day of [our?] five months I think before long we get out pay I hope we will get 4 months if we do I will send home 60 dollars and then I will have a [illegible] I have been [unshure?] of [enlisting?] [in?] the [Reguler?] [service?] that I guess I will not I hate to leave the [55?] it is said to be the best Regt in the [illegible] it is hard to [beat?] I would like it if you would come see [us?] to be here some [Sunday?] to see us [on?] [service?]