Fornisce un account di accampamento militare la vita e il desiderio dei soldati per una lotta. Illustrato su articoli di cancelleria. La trascrizione:Prezzo Camp Nov xvii 186[?] amico Emzy I receved la vostra lettera della prima ed è stato lieto di qui da Henry e i miei vecchi amici siamo tutti ben al presente e spero che queste poche righe potrete trovare lo stesso stiamo avendo un buon tempo qui buona salute la salute e un sacco di cose da mangiare e abbondanza di guardia a fare io era di guardia il Missouri abituali o in altre parole lo stato dei prigionieri che è al lavoro su egli breastworks e fortificazioni che stanno costruendo qui è riportata qui di tha

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Gives an account of military camp life and the desire of the soldiers for a fight. On illustrated stationery. Transcription:Camp Price Nov 17th 186[?] Friend Emzy I receved your letter of the first and was glad to here from henry and my old friends we are all well at present and hope these few lines will find you the same we are having a good time here good healt health and plenty to eat and plenty of guarding to do I was guarding the Missouri Regulars or in other words the state prisoners who is at work on he breastworks and fortifications which they are building here it is reported here that Hunter and Price will have a fight here they are hurrying with the breastworks and batteries they are fortifying this place very strong we may have a little fun here yet this winter I hope we will have a fight here we will show them how the 47th can fight we can nock the scales of of [word unclear] short meter and let them no[?] which side of our bread is buttered. the boys are most dead to have a fight 2 companies A and B went up the river the other day with a lot of cavalry make battle with the rebbles there was 1000 rebbles and about 300 of our men cavalry and all the rebbles run they took 26 or 30 prisoners and brought they home with them and sent them north they took guns and ammunition I must close till morning as the roll has been called so good bye for to night well I have slept and awoke and found myself alive and well as I have just got done washing the dishes I thought I would finish this letter for I have got to go on guard at 8 Oclock Well Em we had a nice little march yesterday the Regiment was called in ranks at 10AM and in a short time wer marching toward the city after marching throug the streets we started up the river and traveld one mile when we came to where they was building the fortifications we stopped there a few minets and then marched on and went 1/2 mile we came to another and there found a small gun about the size of a 32 pounder it is all ready t