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Groves Plantation La Mch 6th 1863

Near VicksburgDear Mother,

I am still well and im-proving fast, I feel gay this morning. I saw Leuit S. W. Kelley and had a long talk with him, Dr [Strather ?] is well and in good health, he wrote a letter the other day for some articles in the eating [illegible] for us, Ma. I wish that you would send us good as you can as he has big calculations and so have I on what a nice time we will have eating them in addition to what he told his wife to send I wish that you would send me two or three pair of Drawers, two shirts 6 pr cotton socks two silk Hand kerchiefs and be sure and send send me 5 or 10 Home made sugar s you know I am very fond of it.