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Camp Tennallytown near Washington D.C Jan 16th 1862
Dear Ma & Pa,
With pleasure to me I take my pen in hand in answer to your
kind and always welcome letter dated on the 11th when I assure
you it gave me pleasure to learn though your letter that you all
were in the enjoyment of good health as thanks to an all wise
providence this leaves me at present. You state that you are
pleased to hear that I am comfortable situated in this cold weather.
Dear Ma, as for cold weather I hardley no what it is for thear
has been no cold weather as yet out where I am. Onely two or three
days and as we are comfortable situated we have good tents
and stoves in them we hardley know what cold weather is.
Dear Ma, I have got nothing new to tell you of oneley I expect
to be home in a little while providing thear is no advance in the
army around the City of Washington. But if there is an advance
before I receive a furlough I hope an all wise providence will
gide me in doing my deauty to my [ingeard] country which God
knows I love as I do my parrance and if I am to loose my life
in the defence of my country I am satesfied for I believe a
man can not die better or a holeyer cause.
Give my love to Thomas please tell him I received his letter
which I will answer as soon as I can. Tell him I have answered
all his letters but the last one which was three. I directed them
as he told me to and it is verry [strance] if he did not get them.
I receive the news papers most every day so I can read what is
going on around me. I do not think thear will be an advance in
some time of the army under general McClellan but when thear
is one, rest assured nothing will stop him from carring his planes
in execution.  We will be paid off in a verry short time then for
a [rally]day amunkes the boys of our regement. As for me I hardly
care wether some of the men in our regement gets eney money or not
I will tell you the reason of this. Ensted of sending thear muney home
to thear folkes they spend it for rum which tell Pa I never tutch