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Dear Pops,

     i hav servivd anothr day ov da armi. u told me to fite 4 wats rite and i caried dat along with me into dis war. i now dat da stor is hard to run wen i am not arond. i fot my 1st batle cald bull run. we thot dat we wood win at 1st but mor men cam and den da skrem cam and peple cam runing. i coldnt stay withot dieing. i hav sen wat bulets hav don to men and i was to skard dat i was going to be next. i hop dat u r not disapoted in me. we wer fiting to get da ralrod plas from da south. anyway i now u herd abot da new tax but it is da onli way to get moni 4 da war. + with da new genral, george mcclellan we r 4 shor gonna win. plez rite as much as u can i ned al da reding i can get. and i mit hav tuk sum fud from sum solder but i ned al da fud i can get.

Luv,
James Richardson



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