No 25

Batonrouge Cort House Hosp Aug 4 1863

 

            My Dear Lib it has ben sometime sence I wrote you I thought writing to kate you would see how I was geting along Dear Lib I am doing very well my foot panes me some nights so I cant sleep I took a bone out of my foot yesterday and I think there is more to come yet serg Shaw of our Comp is hear in ward 7 he has got a direa I went in his room yesterday on crutches and it was all I could do you will see that rosaila wrote to me I sent two kates letters I think she wrote a very good letter bot I think she is cuting a big swell dear Lib I got a letter from Sam Belchers he sed that they had drafted 66 men in wellsville I wish I knew ho was drafted he sed he would send me a paper that had their names in there cant be meny men left I see a man the other day I thought it was Dewight looked jest like him I thought I would speak to him & then he started of he steped purty quick and I knew it want him 

 

dear Lib the docter has jest ben around we have got a new docter he wanted to know if I could eat eny thing I told him I could eat all I could get dear Lib I am very harty if I was only to home with my dear wife so I could get what I wanted there is some talk that our men is going to mobiel or texas bot there dont nobody know there is lots of soldires hear and what affle dronken times they do have yesterday they poot lots in the jale I am glad dear that I have no tast for whisky dear Lib when the docter cut my toe off I took it and cut the nale of and I would forget to send it to you when I wrote I will send  it to you and you can keep it or throw it away jest as you are amine to funny part I would like to keep it I would like to save all the foot I could dear I think you had better take netts change to wellsville and let it go you can get 25 cents on a doller & take the money & by too sheep and let them out to double let them out as well as you can I think that would / be better than to keep it laying still what do you think dear Lib I haint spent a peny nor I haint a going to eather we have good times hear there is some boyes hear that belongs to the 8 vermont our hed nurse is a good fellow he took dredful good care of me when I first come hear he is fool of the devel dear Lib what did kate think abought her geting marid you wanted to know what I thought abought mackphersons letter I think they are very foolish bot he is one of our own men the rebels you know the estimate evry thing very hy I think it is very foolish bot it is laughible to I wrote the other day to George Odell I would laugh if he was drafted bot I hope he wont be dear Lib I am tired out and I will close I think I will close this letter to morrow so good by dear Lib. Loel C Hakes Good morning dear Lib I will try and finish this letter there is nothing new this morning I felt bad yesterday I cetch a very bad cold and it setteld all over me and my bones aked bot I had a good swet last night and / and I feel better this morning there is lots of nine month men hear and they are all the time talking abought going home and they had better be to home they they have ben a kos to us ever sence they came hear dear Lib yesterday when the wenches come to clean out this ward one of them had purty big tites the head nurce asked her if she ever had a baby and she sed she never had and he told her he believed she had she sed that was all he new abought it she sed if a woman had a baby that thear tites would hang down and if she had not had one they would not hang down I think that is big tale dont you they chew and smoke tebacko I cant bare a niger I have seen anough of them dear Lib I will close this letter and I hope I will get one before I write agane derect your letters hear so good by dear Lib give my love to all and except this from your tru and loving Hosband with lots of kisses to my dearest wife Lib Hakes

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