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Iromtne JSeventv-nita UJno. i ;;Fol.LV ISLAND, S. f\, )•lau. 10, 1N04.)eiIwi n vMu. Kimt-m1—'Str: To enlighten vour j | ,01 ciVre a !ers as to the condition and doings of j \Am- onr b'vpment, I take the present ofpor-! ,i* ■ t unity of writing you.it! We arc encamped on Folly Island, S.j' i da*. !lt;about midwav on the south side, near 1 c;the beach. After some labor we have got| £* •» • - : '■eat j tie; *nid bank* worked down to a niceiatlihe camp ground. Friti! recently we have I I11 uxl been dMng fatigue duty on Khvah and!• ri i-j *x'd Me v Islands Midi us building forts and ].(, • . 1 “to dock*. %Ali the men of the Itcginuntt' tlir*r claim rlt;»ldieVing to be much easier here j **'re than in Virginia. : *1'Ur's lei DuUl-adsitsgn.(iV*1 viWe have excellent lieailh, not one man i p,has Uilt; d since we came here, which is live ]c months past. Our 1 tegimeat, like all ea others, has been much reduced, by many | lSt causes, and we arc looking forward withtohrpleasant anticipations to the timo when j ,MtaWisilt;}K | our ranks will be as full as they were j rc when we tiret started out. Oflicers arc I th now at honie for that purpose, and we j liopo they may be successful in the at- j tliej tempt. It is perfectly natural for every bj lul, I ouo 10 think the regiment to which be be- «li v(»i ; longs is the lest, of course, i claim to]AH i4.! be an impartial observer, and can recoin-j nj. j mend the Toth to any one who wishes to ] yj 0( I enter the army. A great many of the 1) the! bo* arc reinlisting. Nineteen out of my i Stcompany, which dooa not number thirty-1 ,Hias *n rt^» have re-entered the army. Itnrj surely show# patriotism. jAs it is near “taps,'* I will close, by j saying, that the Athens Messenger is a l,m I welcome visitor to lonesome soldiers. | j ~in-1 Yours, etc.. Wm. S. Form, ! i* or-1 Co. B, T.'xh. Iiog’t O. V. 1. j,Olwii\iI SCeu
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 28, 1864
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Michael M.
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