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Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott
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From A. R. McCollom, 98th N.Y.I., to his father
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             May the 28th 1862
          Dear Father I take my pen in hand to
          let you know that I am a live yet but dont
          now how long I will be but I dont think
          there is much danger yet but we are a fight
          ing in every direction from us and rebles
          all around us but we lick them every time
          yester day we had a fight and licked them
          but dont now how maney we kild but they
          ***dled and our men are gathering up the
          prisners to day they gathered up about four
          hundred prisners to day and I expect a grate ma
          ney more than that for there was a grate **
          fighting a goin on yesterday and some to
          day and more expected to morow and untill
          reble dom is dead and peace is declared and
          that will a time of joy and hapiness to
          yong and old.  Such days I never want to See
          again but thirty days more will tell the
          Story and I think that I Shall be at home
          a gainst the fourth of july next so tell
          mary [scratched out word] tell not to be scart about me
          I am all wright the rumat** for a few
          days past but I am around ever day
          but not so as to do doobies(??) this is most
          all that I can write now for I expect 
          that we will move yet this after noon
          I received your leter a bout ten days
          ago and was glad to here from you
          and one from Mary the Same time all
          Seemed to be right then but I dont think they
          are at S***s Since Charley has not maried
          
          I under Stand that the old woman has
          had to leave home to live in peace
          but god knows whare she found it if
          She did I should like to now whare it was
          fore never Saw the place yet that She Could
          now you say that you think of going
          Oregon thare is a good place but I think
          you had beter hold on untill I Come
          home and then I will go with you
          a year from this Spring and I think you
          wont be ready be fore that time and
          then I will be redy Cased and primed
          the trip So keep easey untill you heare
          from me again and then I will tell you
          more about it  please write soon as you get
          this and oblige me  yours truly  A.R. McCollom
          
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