June 17 1862    10 Regt mass Vol
                   Monroe thayer Co. C
My kind Friend Guardden
I hope you ar Well and
all your family.  there
is no Postage stamp Down here
and I Wish you Would Send Some
to me and you Will See
A bout 20 Dolars Gowing
up to you one of these
Dayes   I Supose you ar
Discureged But you must
not Be   you must Writ
Mee alletter   I am home
Sick and you must Writ
mee a letter and you must
Let mee know A Bout farm
tell meee How Dick and
Charley is and you must
tell William how had
ought to thank his

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Father for not leting
him go to War and [word lined out] now
I Wish my Self that I
had not Inlisted  my
Self but now I [word lined out] ame
here and must Stay
till it is over.  I now
Will tell you how to
Diricet A letter to mee
and you must Send
nice one now   I Will
tell you.  Gen Keyes Corps.
D. Armey.. Gen.. Cough [word lined out]
Division.. Gen.. Devens
Brigade..
                      Monroe Thayer Co C
                            10 Regt.   mass Vol.
                            Good By
                     
[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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