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Campbell of Ferrysburgh is my tent
mate now since John Mayer was wounded
I had a line from John last nigh he
said that his leg was not quite
as well as when he first got to
Washington but he thinks that he
can save his leg Frank & my self
has 4 thick woolen blankets & with our
other fixings makes us plenty warm
enough I drew me a new pair of pants
the other day & I am pretty well clothed
up now I shall draw me a dress coat
pretty soon & then I shall have plenty of
clothes for the present the Government furn-
ished us mitens this fall they wer poor
things but better than none you spok
something about a box I will tell you about
that wait till you hear from me again
I will tell you what we most stand in
need of to make us verry comfortable & ther
is butter chees & dried fruit I will tell
we have lived on hard bread & salt pork
till we all have the Dire & have had it quite