Harewood Hospital Apr 21^st 1865

 

Dear Mother

 

            As I have just received your letter of the 10^th and Shermans and have just wrote a few words to him I will try in accordance to your wishes I will try to write to you in answer to the many letters you said you had wrote to me since I come back to my Regt but I dont remember of receiving but one and that one Eph handed to me

 

Mother I have not had a very good chance to get letters for the most of the time since I came back from the 26 of Feb till the 26 of March I did not receive letters and then from the 1^st of April till to day I have not received a letter except one from Ira whom I rote to soon after I come up here and he then wrote to me and then he was at City Point and will / had not been to the Regt since Ira saw him last.

 

Mother you wanted I should tell you whether I got got good attendance or not I do I am in a good place and my wound is doing finely it was a very luckey wound for one in the place

 

Perhaps you would like to know what I get to eat in the morning I most generaly get bread buter & tea but sometimes for a change get bread and milk and for dinner I also get changes sometimes milk but generaly get bread and soup with meat in it and eather custard or puding and for supper just about as for breakfast so you you can see for yourself. we have one woman nurse here in the ward and she is very kind to all.

 

Mother I was glad you told me about the rest of the boys in the Regt for I had not heard from the Regt since I left it / but Mother I think the fighting is about all over I dont know what they can cling to nor to fight with we have had some joyfull time since I came here rejoicing over victories and some sober time in consequence of the death of Abraham Lincoln every thing here is droped in mourning

 

Mother about the furlow I could not tell you whether I could get it or not

 

Mother have you heard any thing more definite about Owen whether he is ded dead or alive I supose Daniel Otis has started for Parole Camp befor this time again.

 

Mother I was glad to hear that you understood by the letter after looking it over the nature of my wound for it is not a dangerous wound although in a very bad place if it had only went one inch farther back I will not undertake to tell the consequences of it but Mother now I think I have to wrote you a very good letter this time and now it is getting most knight so I will / have to close hoping to hear from you soon so I will finish it and put it in to the envellope you sent me and this is the same sheet of paper you sent me so it is not a going to cost me much this letter this is writing my relations expence

 

Mother you spoke about your all having a very bad cold at one time, who have you got to help you thare now, does does Jane or Sophronia live thare now or not. what makes me ask this is because I know it is just like you to be trying to do your work alone.

 

I hope when I hear from you again you and Father and all will be well I was glad to hear that you had got the money I sent in the letter I had to send it in a hurry so I could not write any thing in the letter only the date and sign my name

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