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Saturday May 3
Dear John,
We received your
letter on the 28th and very glad
to hear from you, and now we
are waiting anxiously for another since
we have heard of the capture of
New Orleans. every time you have an
engagement you must write as soon
as you can for we feel almost
crazy did you go with the rest
Julia Parker had a letter from
Jack, and he said that the Artillery
had left the Island and you can
imagine how we feel whenever
you write - say something about all
the [ ?] boys that you know, and
every one wasnt to know about their
friends. Mary Sopers received a
letter from [Reice ?] the same day that