August [?]

Cumberlain Hospital

 

this is sunday morning and it find me well and harty I am still nursing in a tent thare is twelve beds in a tent at this time thare is but five in mi tent to of tham have thare lage off and one is shot in the back and one has the fever and the last one has his arm brok so you can see that i have a good time i intend to stay here as long as i can I recive a leter this morning dated 30 of July I was glad to her that you was all well you spok of the mail being / change wat time does the mail come from hils burow the pay master has bin here and i got 32.00 dolars i want to send 22.00 dolars home i will send nother to dolars in this leter in 50cts stamps i want her to ceep them as a presant the balance i may send to hilsburow by express I wont be in a hury a bout send it i some times think i will put it in a leter and let it rip tham stamps and come came all rit tham suspender I got tham a long time a goo thay came in good play i think thay will last till mi time is up 

 

you said that Willam Rishey wanted to now if i wold sell mi wagon I have now yous for it and if he will pay anny thing near wat it cost se wat he will give I dont now wat it is worth that is all i want for it

 

have you got that money that i sent the check for and that money Capten guthrie oes me and how much has J R Davids got Dont sell that wagon till you let me now how much you can git for it tell Alpard Roberts that i want him to ansur that leter i sent him and give me all the nuse / I got a leter from granvill he is well and in good hart thare has bin some hard fiting done in that part of the world and thare is lots of hard fiting to be done yet be fore this war ends it may end this faul but i cant think it will but i hope how soon as Joceph time is nearly up i wont write to him you must tell him in yur leter how i am giting a long I am doing fine and lik this place very well i think to Joceph had beter come here and work at bilding barase thare is lot of work to do in this part of the world write soon

 

Direck as before

Cyrus Pettijohn

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