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    	     Detroit .. Aug. 8.
	  1862 .. Dear sister
	I now take
	pen in hand
	to write a few
	lines to you
I am well and in good 
spirits and so is all the
boys.. Fishbeck Mackentire
[illegible in original] Lounsbery [illegible in original]
Knowles and one more
enlisted this moring
other boys from there are
all in one tent and a
more Jolly set of boys
you never saw. I heard
that Charles had inlisted
in the infantry

I think he was foolish
doing so I suppose
Tate [illegible in original] [illegible in original] him
up to do it  . I shall
be home About the
13th.  I dont think
of any more to write
at present so good bye

	A.. E. Ferdon

      Direct to Detroit
in care of Captain
H Gray fourth
Michigan Cavalry