Camp near falmoth
March the 3 1863

iam giting tired of eating hardtack irote to father for to Send me 
a box and Send me a cople of loafs of bread and Send me a qwart of 
good brandy and take and cut a hole in a loaf of bread and holer it 
out and Put the botle init and nen put the crust on the out Side and 
rap the loaf up in a closs and to Send me Some Smoking tobaco 

idident ask him for no closing of eny kind for i hav enuf to last my 
term iheard that the folks at home Said they would fite at home befor 
they Will come down South  idont hear eny things a bout the War eny 
more  all i hear is the Sound of the bugle and the drum

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End Notes:

Camp food was really getting to John by now. He definitely missed 
home cooking.