Camp Wickliffe Ky

 

Dear Mother

                        I take my pen in hand to inform you that I am well or tolerable well as my cough is bad and my cough sirup is all gone but I think I can stand it through there is a great many of the boys dieing and there was about fifty of our boys sent home on sick furlough Dick Cornine started this morning to louisville to the hospital and I think he will come home on furlough and if he does he will come to our house. I expect I could / have got a furlough myself if I had tried but we will march soon I think and I am a going to try my chance It is very muddy now and a raining nearly every day and we have awful bad water to drink O I wish we was in Virginia again. we are going to have an awful hard time this winter and I am afraid I will not stand it very well for I am not half as stout as I used to be but I will try you know fortune smiles on the brave. our Capt has resigned and we have got annother good one that wont show partiality and if I keep my health I think maybe / I will get up a little yet. at least I hope so I have got several letters from you and rebecca and I have not wrote very many for I have not got much time to write like I used to have in V^a. I get a letter from father every day or so he was well the last letter I got. I have got the heade ache so bad I can hardy see to write and I want to write some to Lina and rachel and I guess I must close for this time

 

Give my love and respect to Grand father and Mother and all of the folks 

 

Write to me as often as you can

no more at present

but remain your

Affectionate Son

George W Young

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