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   Camp of 2d Mass Redgt Mass Vol

        near Stafford Court House

               March 7th 1863


Dear Eliza

     I received yours of Feb 27th

the day before yesterday but had not

time to answer it before. and I have since

expected another from you if you wrote

Sunday as you expected, but it has not come

but instead of one from you I received one from

Amanda writen the same day yours was.

We drill twice a day now and are enspect

ed or reveiwd once or twice a week so you

see our time is prety well taken up. but

I'll mange to find enough to answer

all the letters that reach me if you will

onely write I got a Bay State from you the

other day makeing the second lateraly.

The weather is about the same as it was when

I last wrote though prehaps a trifel warmer.

yesterday was a beautiful day and to day

we have a rain storm consequently no