Camp Near Savanna Geo Dec 18th 1864
Dear Wife and Children last knight i Got 2
letters from you the first i have Got in 35
Days that found me well and i hope
this will find you all Enjoying the Same
blessing i can not Write you a Long Letter 
now but  will in a fiew Days we have 
been Cut off from all Communication
with ower friends So Long that we Dont
no what is Going on in the out Side world
but we are once more whear we Can
hear from friends and gome and their
is in General Rejoysing in the army Genl
Sherman has led us through an Enimies
Country nearly 400 miles and hardly
lost a man and now we lay in ower
Entrenchments before the Citty of Savanna
about 15 or 20 milds from the See Shore
we Exspect to Capture this Citty before
Long but in Doing So perhaps many men
will lose their lives and we Cant tell

who it will be you have perhaps heard
before now that Shermans army was
Starving to Death in Going through but
it is fals we had no rations Dealt out
to us but 2 times comeing through and
then only one day at a time but we wore
ordered to forage on the Country that
we past through and we did it with
a vengeance we had fresh pork chickens
turkeys Geese Ducks and all Sutch in
the meat line and for Bread we yoused
flower and meal that we Got from the
inhabitants on the way and all the
Sweet Potatoes we Could Eat and Some
honey and Butter so you see that we
lived well Generaly i Did not Go hungry
only one Day on the whole rout ad 
that is Saying a Good Deal whear their
are So meny men togeather but i will
Quit now and talk about other maters
your tea you Sent me i have never
Got but i may Get it yet i Sent you
10 Dollars in a Letter just before we

Started and i Exspressed 50 Dollars to 
Lansing for you and i Sent 10 dollars
to Truman Spencer to Pay John Pits
Some that i Owed him and to Send me
2 lbs of tobacco and the Rest to put to your
account i want you to find out if he
Got it and wheather you Got yours
and Send me word in your next
i will send you the Receipt for the
money that i Sent to Lansing and i will
Send you 10 dollars more in this but i
want you to be Careful of the money
as you can as it is Drawing interest
from the Government and we want
Some when i come home if i Live to Do So
and if i Draw aney more Pay before George
Price Comes home i will Send home Some
more we have all most 4 months Pay
due us now or we will on the 1st Day
of January and now i will Soon have
to Quit for inspection and now
Dear Hatty i will have to Write
you a fiew words you wanted to


to have me tell you whear Lute
was if i Could i Left him at
Chattanooga and i have not had
a Line from him Since i Left
him i hope he is at home before
this or thhat  you have heard from
him i cant tell you whear to
Write to him as i Dont no whear
to direct to but i must Close
as the mail is Going out Write
away so Good buy Wife and
children for this time
be Shure and Write often
kiss all the children for
me and Receive a husbands 
love and Affection till
Death
Direct to             
O.G. Dunckel          
Co K 14th mich        
inft 1st brig         
2nd Devi 14th         
Al Georgia            

[Written next to 'Direct to']
OG Dunckel
To
Elizabeth Dunckel
and
Hatty Price
and all the children
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