Camp Griffin [illegible letter] Va

	 	February 27th 62
		Dear cousin Em
& I now sit down to answer your
letter which I received the 25 and
was verry glad to here from
you and hear that you was well I
am well at present and hope this will
find you the same I should have
answered your letter before [crossed out] [fi] but I
have been on picket and when I
came off I had to [crossed out] [pv] fix my tent
[crossed out letter] and then the orders came to
pack up our knapsacks and [have?]
three [crossed out word] days rations in our [haversack?] 
and be ready to march at a moment
morning I expect to hear the [long?]
roll every moment but I hope
not until I get this letter wrote
It is a verry windy morning
and pretty cold but not verry
I have to stay in my tent

without any fire and you will
have to excuse my for not writing
better but my fingers are so cold I
cant hardly write I will tell you a
little about our [crossed out] [f] fair the other day 
February the 24th was was a very windy
day it [crossed out letter] blew our tents all down and
blew all night so we couldent [crossed out] [fix]
fix it that night so I and my
tent mates took our blankets and went
to the woods and built up a fire
and stayed all night and it was the
coldest night I have been since I left
home.  The 25th I went on picket and
stayed twenty four hours and came in
yesterday morning and had to go to 
work and fix our tent and so you see I
couldent [crossed out] [fi] write until to day
I should like to see you verry much
and see all of the rest of the folks
Emeline I shall have to stop [crossed out word]
writing for I cant write so you can 
                                 read it

I guess if you can read this you will
do well I got a letter from one of my
[cousins?] in York state she wrote she and all
of the folk up thare was well I will tell
you her name if you would like to know
it Miss Mary M. Dennis
I got a letter this morning from
Jane this morning she was [crossed out letter] well and
of her folks I should like to see
You all but I dont know as I ever
shall but I hope that I may live [crossed out] [and]
[crossed out letter] through the war and come safe home 
but perhaps I may never see my home 
again you know that all of the soldiers
cant come back to their homes
      Em tell [crossed out] [will ard] Willard to write
as often as he can tell him to excuse
me for not writing sooner I will do better next
time    this is all this time so good by 
	From..George W. Daggett
	To..Emiline..H  …Daggett

     It is not on the battle field
     That I would like to die
It is not on a broken shield
Id breath my [last?] sigh


	G..W..D.. Rachel Eaegle
      E..H..D..

	Greenbush [illegible marking]
	     Clinton Co
	Mich