No 26                                                                         

Batonrouge Cort House Hosp

ward 7 La aug 14/63

 

            Dear Lib I will write a few lines to day & finish to morow I am very lonesome this morning & I can pen away the time first best a pening a few lines to my dear wife dear Lib I am abought the same as I was my foot dont heal motch I had another hard time with my back I think it is the rumities the docter ses it is the chils an feaver I dont get eny male I haint herd from the boyes in a good while I wrote to mary you will see her letter before you will see this I dont get eny track of the money we are a hunderd dollers out it makes me feel bad bot it cant be helped we have mooved back into ward seven we have got a big room and it is a very plesent room I was looking over your letter yesterday morn 24 where you sed you had ben a strawbering & you wished I could have the hole of them made in to a strawbery shortcake and you wished you could make it for me I tell you dear I wish / you could I dont of enything that would tast as good as a short cake would bot I cant have it know bot I will have it some time and then we will talk theas things all over they have took all the wenches away from hear and they make the nurses mop the floor they had the greatist times I ever see I am glad they have took them away they dont know eny better there is too men in this room they have got the elepsol bad they cant hardly get around one lives in neworleans and his wife come to see him and she wanted him to go and stay with her bot he would not of [?] know they are very hapy I think if my wife came to see me I could go and stay with her I am pepared to stay with my dear wife eny time when she comes you was the last one I had enything to with and if we boath live you will be the first one this is all I will write to day so good by dear Loel C Hakes

 

I thought Dear I would finish this letter yesterday bot I did not to day is sunday / There I feel very well to day there is nothing knew hear I dont hear from the reg I wrote to you to send your letters hear you nead not derect eny more hear for I shal go to the reg as quick as I can get so I can go I am sick of staying hear bot I will haf to stay a while for I cant get around only on crotches yet this ink is poor or els somthing ales my pen for I make affle work a writing I have lent my pen a goodeal and I dont think it writes as good as it did I sepose they are going to poot the drafted men in to the old reg I think that is a good plan they will half to fight if they get mixed in with we will make short work when they join us abought a year ago this time I was geting redy for the war do you remember the first time I spoke abought it it was one eavening in the bedroom I told you I was a going to inlist I am glad I come last fall for if I hadent come last fall I should this / since I would not stand a draft out if I was with you dear I never would leave you agane bot I guess it will come out all right I think we are to injoy a good meny hapy dayes to gether we did injoy our selves once and I think we will now how to injoy ourselves better when we get to gether agane you alwayes was good to me and I cant say eny thing good anough for you I know I have got as good a wife as there is left by eny soldier bot you know I started to go to the war and I want satisfied and if I had not went I should ben oneasy and I did go and when I get home dear I will be willing to stay with you this is all kiss netty for me and think if I was there what you would get give my love to all of my friends and except this from your tru and dear Hosbond

 

Loel C Hakes To my dear Lib Hakes

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