Solomon G. Heaton to Father
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Headquarters.........3 Reg't Co. U DCamp GriffinNov the 17 1861Dear Father
I now take my pen in hand to write a few lines to you I am well & hope that these
few lines will find you the same I am growing as fat as a pig I can eat most any
thing fit to eat I never had such an in my
life before
we are enjoying life well we dont have much work to do this fall only home guard and
guard it is rather cold out hear now we have a very cold raw
wind more so than we do in vermont I hope that by the time the letter reaches you if
you have not the box I want you should send me a good warm
to put round my face and & some neck hankerchiefs
and some pins our has been uniformed and a most
it is to I wish you and mother & the girls could be
in the evening to the lights it looks from where we
are like a
large city all lit up we are expecting our pay every day tell
Ly Lucy to be a good girl and beat all the girls and boys that go to
school in spelling and reading and I will try and send her gold
as soon as I paid of off to keep till I come home
if that ever should be Horace Partlo wand and my self are full as
soon as we paid of we are
to send home our pictures in full uniform send me some Postage stamps in your next
letter if you will for I cant none give my love to all
of the friends [ ] write as soon as you
this letter
this from your sonS. G. Heaton