April 2end I have just signed
the pay roll for two months pay the allotment is the same as it was the
last payment and $16.00 will come to Portland as it did before and
you can get the money the same as you did the other I shall try to get
some gold dollars and send you the next time I write for you to
keep. I want you to write about the mney as soon as you get it
I saw the pretiest sight yesterday I have seen since I came out here it
was a Regt of lancers drilling with their long lances with a red flag attached
about two feet from the point the[sic] were armed with cutlass and pistols besides the lance these were the first I ever saw. I do not think of any thing more this time so I will close.From your son H. M. Cash. Do not forget to send me
an extra paper
Hiram M. Cash, Private, Co. K, 5th Maine Infantry
MSS 12196
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