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Camp Lincoln Washington D. C. Sept.25th 1861<br /><br />Dear Parrance,<br />I now take my pen in<br />hand to inform<br />you that I am well and hope<br />these fiew lines will find<br />you enjoying the same one of<br />Gods blessings.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have wrote to [Edm?]<br />and answer to his kind<br />letter but wethere he reseaved it or knot I am un-<br />able to say as up to this date I have had no<br />answer.&nbsp;&nbsp;When you have time I hope that some<br />of you will write to me and let me know<br />how you all are.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ma thear is hardley a moment<br />passes but what I am thinking of home and<br />what kind parance I have got. If I ever return<br />from this worse than [wiccud] war I hope that<br />it will be to bless you and repay you fore<br />the meney kindnesses that you have shone me.<br />I have very little news to tell you only that I<br />am well and contented with my lot.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have<br />heard of the serrender of Colonal [Mulligan?]<br />at [Lesitar?] as the news has just come in to my<br />camp, but that is nothing to fetch our deludid<br />brothers back to thear [roility]. We must escpect<br />to be defeated sometimes but we will [undeswerdly]<br />concur in the end. Every thing is quiet and still<br />yet along our lives in Washington but I think<br />we will have a battle before a great wile as the<br />troops keep pouring in to Washington all the time.<br />The drum is beating tato which warnes me that<br />I must prepare to go to bed I suppose you woul<br />like to know what my bed cinsised of [well] [I] [wlle]<br />tell you. My tent is about 6 x 6 square with a hard<br />board floor which I have made myself to lay on<br />and a napsack fore a pillow. It came quite [asgry]<br />at first but I soon got youst to it I must say<br />that I never felt better in my life than I do<br />now. I wade myself to day and I find that I<br />way [184] lbs just 10 ponds more than I did<br />when I left New York. The regiment<br />has just ben paid of and gess what my wages<br />came to $34.36 cts. I must close now by<br />sending love to you Edmond Thomas Anne<br />Henry Clarrce and little Johnnie hoping that<br />you will escuse this short note. I must<br />now close.<br />Your [Own]<br />W. Allcot<br />P.S<br />Direct as before to me in care<br />of Capt. . D. G. [Nesser] Co<br />D. Andersen [Tavaves]<br />Washington<br />D.C.<br />The next time I write I will send you<br />a longer letter.<br />WA<br />to my parrence