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Springfield Mo Sep 28 1862 Dear Sisters & Mother It is raining this morning and I concluded to write home as a good way of spending time. I rec your letter last evening and was very glad to hear that you was all well Jim is out in the rain standing guard but he will soon be through now I saw John Shaeffer here a few days ago and he said that Tally had enlisted & c. he is in the third cavalry I also met with Darwin Swartz in the 7th mo cavalry he looks just as he did when I last saw him he has been in several fights some one asked him if he expected to get home "Oh Lord I hope so