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Head Qts 2d Div. [?] Corps
June 9th, 1864

My dear Mother:

As I am once
more in my old position
and have leisure, I will
improve it. I came
here, about two hours
since; am feeling frist
rate, [underline]mentally[/underline], but
have some, I [underline[hope[/underline] slight
bodily aches: do not be
allarmed in the least
about me; it is not dan-
gerous; only [underline]serious[/underline] and
[underline]painful[/underline]. My third
day's duty in the Camp
favored me with a
[Minnie?] [Bullet?], through
the fleshypaart of the