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did write and tell me them doggone negros was married before this time, you could have sent a word too as well as Miss Thomas did to her brother.
God bless her dear soul for thinking so much of him. I am just a getting out of (humor?) about it for you knowed I wanted to know when that happened if not before. I suppose I must not consider Mr. George Parker, a company keeper of mine any longer but rather consider him my cousin and. I expect
she - made her bed as she would by waiting if she (were?) young now she is taken out of the family, beep: that wharf rat out of the redeemer's sake, nor let Elen keep company if you and doing well.
Send me some money, I loaned and spent all that I had and the pay- master has not come to pay us as yet but they say he will be around in about three months if he comes, I will (pay?) my bill be over one hundred dollars and I am a-going to send it home to Vincennes by express and I want you to get it. Pay strict attention to the office and
not let it set Lost for if I lose that I had as well be dead but if possible send me five dollars and I will the re-pay by half the amount which is
50 cents interest.
We will now state and inquire of something else. We are all doing well, we have a good time and good captain and nothing is our distress and as for caring anything, we do not as pesky rebels, for we had just as soon get as many of them as not, They are still a-bombarding yet and it's not cold here yet, we have only had one day or two that
(was?) a little cold but so much what we could in a canteen without any fire and not be cold. The worst times we have is a-going on picket and on camp guard, the story stays of us here appears to be a very long one but as we have stayed so I had rather stay until spring than to go north or east on the account of the cold weather, though we may leave and go north and have to bear it.
We wanted to go this (?) but we do not want to go, now, though it is several hundred miles nearer home. There is where I expect to get my furlough and then you all had better Look wild especially if {I)? should come.
to hear how about Uncle Elias Case and whether he was much(worser?)
Or net and af you all have net -sola@ itit is neo-use* to sell. untib you get what your property is worth when you wrote to me and said you was a-going away and I got a letter fromlusies (?) Embry. She stated that they were a-going to the next Wednesday, the being wrote on the
1 of September and I never got until the 1 of August in which time
I supposed you were gone and I wrote to Sims Embry and sent a small note in his letter I told if were there to give it to you I am sorry that there was ever such a mistake you will get the
run of this letter by the number at the top.
I did not think I would write so much but I suppose marrying going on at home and me in South Carolina makes a great difference, I had something to write for no more at present.
Give my love to all the inquiring friends,
John Posey
Co. D, 55th Maas. Regt.
Morris Island, near Charlestown.