Federal Camp

Near Sharpsburg

Washington Co Md

January 25/62

 

Dear Miss your letter was recived a few nights ago I was glad to hear from you and to hear that you are all well. Your letter found me in good health and good spirits and still performing the duties of a soldier we are still at the same camp where i was when I rote to you before. But my Company is up on the potomac River about ten miles on picket daly. I still remain at head quarters we have had some very disagreeable weather here in the last three weeks back. You said something about / George a being home on a furlough I would like to have been there with him I would give most any thing to see george but i expect it will be some time before I get to see him George Fergeson is well and he sends his respects to your mother and say he is going to write to her before long. the 13^th Ind regt is not very far from here now I expect I will get a furlough and go and see the boys that I am acquainted with I recived a letter from Brother Jo. He stated in his letter that there was not a great many fit for duty in that regt and a great many of the boys / sent home sick. We have but very little sickness in our regt This is a very healthy state The most of our sickness is bad colds we could not expect any thing better considering the exposure we are in I had a tollerable good time a Christmas day I was invited by the citizen of Sharpsburg to it turky dinner I went and had a good time Our time expires the nineteenth of Aprile and then I expect to bid soldering adue for a while I am comeing over to your house to see the folks if I get back safe

 

I will have to bring my riteing to a close by sending my best respects to your Mother and the Children / and you also. You must excuse haste and bad riteing

 

Rite soon as you get this yours truly W A Minor

 

Miss Rebecca Young

 

Dirrect as you did

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