June the  -  25  -   -   -     -   1863
       Wife
Dear ^ it is With great Plasure to me
To write a few lines to you thinking
that you are All Engoin good health
At home [I am?] Weell We are in vergina
Camp near the White hous near the
river wher genral Washington was
maried wee have marched 50 miles
Wee tooke 1.16 prisenors [80?] wagons and
		          briga
Comsarys Stores took ^ ginral [lee?]
[fitch hue lee?] wee are going to marc
h Soon [towarge?] richmon that is
the plase that wee caqulate that
Wee Soon will have to fight them.
there i want you to write offten
		  how
and let me know ^ things is going
on to home i have wrote my last
leter to you the mabors git leters
and Send leters to ther friends that
is in the army i have not got

	Camp near the White
              hous

a leter from home in 2 weeaks
a go i think this is the last
i think that i Shall writee
till that i git won yaour. you
[no all?] almon i thought i would
write to you and let you know that
i am well and full life yit but
this is a dam hard plase her but
if i git out of this be dam if i
go a Sholbring any more wee
her [tlenty?] of thunder her withe
the Canons wee are on the
[peenunkee?] river it is a fine
                                         on
lot of land that wee Camp ^ her
it is old lee [fitche hue lee?]
farm wee are going to marche
to richmon i think the will 
be Som hard fighting thier
i want you to wright as quick
and never inlist for god Sak
[illegible letters]

i Want you Write as often
as you Can from your father
Denkmin Brocke

	Direct you leter to the
26 Michigan vollenteers
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