January 19

Pea havin cane tuckey

 

Dear frind it is with plasure that i atemp to write to you to let you now that i am well at this time and hope that this may find you the same i got with the compy on the 12 day and stade with them three days and then thay sent me to the horspital to help to take care of the sick boys thare is five of the boys sick with the measle luis woods is sick and has bin very sick but he is beter James Martin is sick Albert Nammanda and hiram day and Closen Dunn is ded thare is five boys left the compy last nite it look lik the compy wold make up when we left Camp Denson thare was 84 men and now thare is not more than 15 ten men that is able for dutee i some time i dont now wate to doo but i think i will stand it a wile longer for i think maba that it will be beter than it is now if i though it wold never git beter than it is now i think i wold come back the rest of the 

 

I dont blame the boys for leaven very mutch be cos the officers are resig and going home if the boys all leave want me to stay with in the horspital the Doctor says that the sick boys will be sent to luis vill thare is in this house a bout 30 boys it is a shoe house we have to cook on the stove it is hard work but i am willing to help to take care of the sick boys as long as i can for if thare was a place in the world that thay nead help it is a horspital the rigement has marching order thay are going to nashvill the reble are thick thare but that is not so bad as the sicanes is. thare is more dise with disease than is cild with fiting i think that when the boys is sent to luis vill mabe than i will go with them if i dont i am going to tak care of the quartermaster horses and then i can ride and that will be eas than to march and then i will git 21.50 a month that will sot me for i lik a horse thare will be three or for to tak care off so that wont be hard work that will sot me the best cind 

 

write soon for i want to here from you very bad tell Kibler to write to luis want to here from him and daniel give mi best respect to mom and all tell the children that i wold like to see them and thay must be good children so good bye

Cyrus Pettijohn

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