Letter written by William Donaldson from Mobele to his friend on May 16, 1865 -- Correspondence

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PAGE IMAGEUnited States Sanitary Commission (United States Sanitary Commission)
Mobele (Mobile) (Mobile, Alabama)   May 16 1865 Friend [Snsen?]

I take
mi (my) pen in mi (my) hand to
let you nou (know) that I am
well it is A very
warm day to day
we left the regment (regiment)
and moved into the Sity (city)
to do [pr---e?] duty
our Solders (soldiers) and the rib (reb)
solder (soldier)  fites (fights) like dogs
but the rib (reb)  solders (soldiers)
hav (have)  ben (been)  peroled (paroled) they
is A [dum? "dumb"? meun? "men"?] [set/let?]
[we/me?] get [y---?] of ["off"?] at last
I am going to send
you five dolars (dollars) now
the regment (regiment) time will
out in three months
then they will be
a mustered out

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PAGE IMAGE of the serves (service) I
supose (suppose)  John clark (Clark, John) is
well
I will
haft (have)
to
close
for
this
[Aith?]

Direct as be fore William Donaldson (Donaldson, William)