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Camp Vicksburg Mississippi oh hapy day to us all July the 6th 1863 My Dear wife I take my pen to answer your kind letter i received the other day from you and i was glad to here that you was well and to here my children was well i hope they will keepe well I am tolible well my feete is giting beter and i have a good apetite to eate this letter i got had had a pice of calico in it was a pise of some of my children dresses i gess and you sent a fiew [illegible] pasted on a [illegible] i am a going to send it back so you can see i got it and i was glad to git them or see them we have gained the grate victorry at last vicksburg was surrendered up on the fourth of July happy fourth