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1863-04-22 Charles A. Gates to Mr. Arad Gates Page 2

Our old captain has 
got back, he looks first rate.
The boys feel a great deal better 
when they captain is along with 
us.  We are haveing [sic. having] a good deal 
of raine [sic. rain] here now.  The grass 
is up as green and nice and 
the peach trees are in 
full bloom and sumer [sic. summer] has 
comenced [sic. commenced] in ernest [sic. earnest] in Virginia.  
We have layed [sic. laid] here now most 
6 months.  Now I should think 
it is about time to make a 
move.  Here it is the 22nd of April 
last year we were on the march 
the 10th of March and did not 
lay still much till we came here. 
I wish I could come home long 
enough to get some sugar 
to eat but I canot [sic. cannot].  I got a letter 
from Dewitt Matthires and one 
that Abiram wrote to me the 
last one he ever wrote.

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Our old captain has got back, he looks first rate. The boys feel a great deal better when they captain is along with us. We are haveing [sic. having] a good deal of raine [sic. rain] here now. The grass is up as green and nice and the peach trees are in full bloom and sumer [sic. summer] has comenced [sic. commenced] in ernest [sic. earnest] in Virginia. We have layed [sic. laid] here now most 6 months. Now I should think it is about time to make a move. Here it is the 22nd of April last year we were on the march the 10th of March and did not lay still much till we came here. I wish I could come home long enough to get some sugar to eat but I canot [sic. cannot]. I got a letter from Dewitt Matthires and one that Abiram wrote to me the last one he ever wrote.