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T R A N S C R I P T I O N

Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland
February 24th 1865

Dear Friend Edwin,

It has been quite a while since I have written or heard from any of my folks or friends so do not know whether they are all alive or not. I have not written to my folks yet since I was released. I arrived here last Sunday and am as well as can be expected after starving in the Libby four months but thank God I am out of it alive. I shall not write to my folks because I shall be at home on a furlough next week if nothing happens. If you see any of them, you can tell them my furlough was made out yesterday and today I was mustered for two months pay. As soon as we get that, we shall start. I think it we will get it Monday. I hope this will find you all well and alive. Goodbye for the present. From your friend, — Edward Phillips