Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-05-14
Commanding 4th Ind. Battery
tebuary 1.-The 1863 Clark Co ills
MartlnsviIle

february 1.-The 1863 Clark Co ills
Martlnsville
dear bruther it is with pleasure that
drop these flew lines to let VOW now that
we air all well at the present and all the
friends Is we'll we was sorry to heare that
VOW got yowr finger shot Of we'll tina
halnt mulch muse TO write onley 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 a bout to put govener Yates
out of office tina is no more men nor mon
ey fer Abe lincoln aboisness war if old
linkan comes back to illinois he will be
burnt bi the pepIe of this state VOW all
better come home as soon as VOW can git
neare tina Is plenty OF money heare sech as
1t it is 1t is all lincons skines the western
states will secede from the abolsion states
and go with the south for Abe lincan is q
TRAN to git all the slaves freed he has Or
derd one hundred and fifty thousand Mig
ers to be armed and to fife bi the side of
you boys let ali the boys read this fer
want them to no what old linkhorn and
all the rest OF the abolisness is doin bows
l tell you the truth this is damed aboiis
ness war come home for god sake to all of
your families don't fife fer to free the mig
ers lit old Abe go to hell and sleep with q
niger wench now boys you may think
am seCes tho i haint am against both
sides old JEFF davis is as bad as old
iinkhorn dam them all tina air triing to
brake up owr good government come
home boys and In all VOW will be perfect
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 plenty of guns we air a preparing
owr selves fer the AbOlisness we air redy
ter them and old JET davis two we want
the old union as it was and the cunstutitian
as 1t is that is what we want and we will
have 1t 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 home speak fer VOW
all l wish you all was at home now how
you are treated if the offiscers don't let
you OF Kill thin and come home fer tina
git all 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
o fraid to fife unless tina gis q biz office
and git TO steel all of the money and git
all the myers breeds that il 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 lincau st the start
but seen that he wanted to free the nigers
and that satisfied me that he was O damed
old niger theaf and all the cabinet the orto
be shot boys wold send papers to you but
no that you wont git them for the officers
wont let them go into camp the govner of
new york says III his message that this a
abolisness war tina haint no more men nor
money fer this war will tell you tina states
that has said this and are down on this
war new york ohio indina pennsylvania i'll
inois wisconstant iowa Kanetucky so you
can see that tina haint 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 c0mpneys
to stop this war now boys come home
tell you the truth we'll 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
week on these things and tell you the
truth in every word you will see fer youer
selves when you come home it you live to
git home so no more at present beleave
what say boys fer god sake well that is
all so fair well remain yowers truly til
death JAMES MONARY
MARTH MONARY to
GEORGE LAMB
wish you all good luck boys come home
come home.