Henry Harrison Wilder to Mother
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Yours of the 20th come to [ ] in due season it found me as normal with the exception
of a hard cold and for that reason am not with the Regt witch is out supporting
a Battery to day than is nothing unusual going on but evry thing indicates that
at no far distant day there will be something done for evry day shows now [ ] works rifle first and evry thing that will
help to [ ] in our favor the battle that is
before us yesterday when laying in my tent who should I see but D. B. Wortelly
he is the same man he belongs to a land in our of the N.Y. Regt and that makes
me think two ofisers from the 92th Reg deserted a short
time agoe and went into the Rebel Army one a Colonel the other Wager show [ ] to be worse than Rebels desiring to die the
death of a traitor they have to be below the savage to be worse than those they
have gon to join perhaps you may think I am going rather to [ ] you may be the Judge thre or four days ago the Main
7th was a picket which some of there was on [ ] the Rebels atacked them and
and
wounded one in the [ ] the rest fel back and
when this poor men got up on one broken leg and one
sound on [ ] you might say they fired a [ ] it him & ten ounce balls pased through
his body and then the snecking cowards run this is a peculiar trait of there
killing some [ ] man & the sneak of as hand
of than courdise Merrill was coming to write home this after noon but has gon
with the Company he wished me to say to yo that he
would be very mutch obliged to you if you would say to his Parents that he is
well he sends you his best Respects Mother, I have never said any thing about
what I wanted [ ] with what little money I call
my own if I never should want it [ ] if I want
you should have it and do as you like with it
I send in this some little blosoms that I pricked yesterday I would write more but want to write some in this to L & M so good by write often if you do not hear from me
give me respect to Mr Coggans and family and to all that enquire
H H Wilder