Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-05-13
Commanding 4th Ind. Battery
febuary 1.-THE 1868 Clark Co ills

febuary 1.-THE 1868 Clark 20 ills
Martlnsyille
dear brnther it is with pleasure that
drop these few lines to let VOW now that
we air all well at the present and ell the
frs IDS is well we was sorry to heare that
VOW got yowr finger shot of well tina
haint mulch muse TO write onley a bout
the war VOW wanted to no about the pin.
lens bout the peple heare bout The war
/ will tell VOW the truth bout it well the
legislator Is bout to put govener yates
out OF office tina is no more men nor mon
ey fer Abe lincoln abolisness war II old
hnkan comes back to illinois he will be
burnt bi the peple of this state VOW all
better come home as soon as VOW can git
heare tina Is plenty OF money heare sech as
1t it is it is all lincons skines the western
states will secede from the abOlision states
and 60 with the south for Abe lincap is d
trisn to git all the slaves freed he has or
derd one hundred and fifty Thousand mig
ers To be armed and TO fte bi the side of
you boys let all the boys read this fer
want them to no what old hnkhorn and
all the rest of the abolisness is doin boys
/ tell you the truth this is damed aboiis-
ness war come home for god sake 10 all OF
your families don't fife fer to free the mig
CTS HI Oiu 81 20 10 HSIl anu SlSSp Will u
niger wench now boys you may think
ain seces tho i haint am against both
sides old JEFF davis is as bad as old
inkhorn dam them all tia air triing to
brake up owr good government come
home boys and III all VOW will be pertect-
ed if VOW will come home we air all redy
TO keep VOW at home if VOW want to stay
We have plenty OF powder an lead laid up
and nlenIV nf
owr selves fer the Abolisness we air redy
fer them and old JET davis two we want
the old union as it was and the cunstutiitian
as it is that is what we want and we will
have it sure fer god is on owr side tha has
lots of the boys come and tina will stay at
home come home boys don't stay no long
er than you can git nome speak fer VOW
all / wish you all was at home i now how
you are treated if the offiscers don't let
yen OF Kill thin and come home fer tina
ct al! The money eny way no VOW all
want to come home gist leave camp and
let the war stop that will be the last of it
fer the abolisness Is week eny way tina air
8 frald to lite unless tina gls biz office
and git 10 steel all of the money and GIT
all the myers breeds that Is all tina want
bl god don't VOW say so boys come home
boys and let the abolisness fife the war
VOW no george i was fer lincan at the start
butt seen that he wanted TO tree the myers
and that satisfied me that he was damed
old niger theaf and all the cabinet the orto
be shot boys void send papers toyou but
i no that you wont git them for the officers
wont let them 60 into camp the govner of
new york says in his message that this
abolisness war tina haint no more men nor
money Ter this war will tell you tina states
that has said this and are down on this
war new york ohio indina pennsylvania ILL.,
inois wisconstant iowa ksnetucky so you
can see that tina haiut no more men nor
money from these states fer this war SO
you can see how it is tina is meetings held
all over these states a organiser compney5
TO stop this war now boys come home
tell you the truth well if you don't Sleave
this my tina have no use OF telling you eny
more bout it tell you the truth boys
git your pay and come home and let the
seces and abolisness go to hell cold write
a week on these things and tell you the
truth in every word you will see ter youer
selves when you come home If you live TO
git home so no more at present beleave
what i say boys fer god sake well that is
all so fair well remain yowers truly til
death JAMES MCNARY
MARTH MONARY TO
GEORGE LAMB
wish you all good luck boys come home
come home.