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J Delaforce just
come in he has
a sore thumb
the reason of his
not writing home
let his Father
[know?] if you
see him
I would like
to get that
picture you
ware a going
to send me
Please write
once in awhile
I remain as
ever etc
	Othniel

	Camp 4th Mich.. Cavalry
	     Near Louisville K.Y.
	             December 6th 1864
     Dear Lucy
	              not receiving any letter
from you I thought I would write a
few lines & let you know how
I am passing the time we ware
paid of yesterday & as it was the
first time in one year most of
the regiment are on a bust I never
see quite so much noise in camp
before it is enough to make one think
of home it took a quite a pile
of money to pay the regiment as
but a few Drew less than 200
hundred Dollars.     to day we have

drawn horses and Saddles they say we
are agoing to break camp again befor
many days I wish Thomas. would drive
Hood away from Nashville then I guess
we could rest a little longer
the Boys just come into camp with
a keg of beer got to drink it up
bfore bed time gess we can as thare
is only eight Gallons of it I guess if
Mich.. folks could see some of the
Boys preform they would think we
ware getting wild I am left alone
in the tent the rest of the Boys
have gone to get some oysters
loud times now days. no more tonight
	Dec 8th     once more I
take my pen to write a few lines
it is very cold this evening & my
tent is none of the warmest most
of the Company are out on picket
around the City not for fear of
rebles but to press horses into the

service orders to take every horse and mule
they can find it looks rather hard
to meat a man on the road to the
city with a good pair of horses and
unhitch them and leve his wagon standing
in the road it makes a man look
anything but goodnatured.
the reason I am not with them I had to
much to do in camp I suppose I
am about as comfertable as I would
be out to night for it is a
real winter night although thare is
no snow     thare is rumor in
camp that we are agoing to leve
soon I dont think we shall stay
a great while longer & it makes
but little differeance to me time dont
pass very fast here.
I have received but one letter from 
you yet suppose you have writen more
I have no news to write of any
conciouence you said Robison was
married who did he marry