Letter from <name type="person" key="name-00000001"><reg>Robert C. Caldwell</reg><orig>R.C. Caldwell</orig></name> to <name type="person" key="name-00000002"><reg>Mag I. Caldwell</reg><orig>M.I.C.</orig></name>, Apr 29th 1864 Robert C. Caldwell Text encoded by Adam D. Friedman East Carolina University. J. Y. Joyner Library
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2007 j37 Robert C. Caldwell Collection Fort Caswell, N.C. April 29, 1864

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Letter from Robert C. CaldwellR.C. Caldwell to Mag I. CaldwellM.I.C., Apr 29th 1864 April the 29, 1864 Dear Wife

This morn finds Robert C. CaldwellR.C. Caldwell in good health as which I feel indeted for to the giver of all good

I am Detald to work at the carpenters trade so I will get clere of Standing gard at knight I have made a fish trap for the oficers it was that larg it took ten men to take it I am going to work at a house I got back to Caswell Safe Samy Caldwell got back the 27 Safe

furlos is Stopt no more men can get home

get your cor planted soon as you can

I under Stand all the conscripts got of just as I Sed my hat dus fine it is hevy but that Soots the rain it dont blo of so bad one of my gloves is two Smal I cant get it on the other one is tite to get on tha are so tite knit tha wont strech my tobaco bag is fine I hant got much to rite at present that wold do you any good or you wold under Stand if I hadent a bin Sharp in geting a furlo when I did I wodent a gut home soon

nuthing more to M.I.C. by Robert C. CaldwellR.C. Caldwell I hant time to rite write soon