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—have a pretty bad cold, the doctor does not call my disease by any particular name—I have considerable
I send you my love.
have a favorable opportunity, by means of a visitor to the hospital, who is now sitting by the side of my
called upon me & given me a few trifles——— Dear friend, I wish you would say to Mrs Rice I send her my
the face of a friend,—I wish you would write me a good long letter, some of you my dear friends, as
a letter from home is very acceptable in hospital——— My diarrhea is still somewhat troublesome, yet I
please put a stamp on & write to me—Please give my love to the friends in the village & tell them I
Fort Bennet, July 21st 1863 Adjutant General Thomas, General: I have the honor to forward this my application
Herewith please see testimonials from my officers. I have the honor General to remain &c.
My dear Wife, You must excuse me for not having written to you before.
I have not been very well, & did not feel much like writing—but I feel considerably better now—my complaint
going on—let me know how it is with mother—I write this by means of a friend who is now sitting by my
side— —& I hope it will be God's will that we shall yet meet again—Well I send you all my love, & must
Brooklyn, New York April 3, 1865 Captain George W.
(from which latter place he was paroled one month since,)—and that in my opinion it is now unsafe for
Captain Geo W Whitman 51 N.Y. Vols SC 20 days Edward Ruggles to U.S.