Castle Williams         

Aug 13 1864

 

Sister Mary I just had a letter from you and was very glad to hear from you but you must not feal bad for me for I am awl right you wanted to no what I was agoing to my regament for if you want to no I will tell you it is to git my discharg meby I shall git my discharg so that I will git homb this winter there is a rebel gunboat within five milds of our fort this morning I am a going to Fortis monroe to morow I guess and when I git there I shall go to peaters burgh where my regament is meby I shant go this week dont no for surtanty my / hand has not got well yet and dont no when it will git well it is about the saim as it was when I left homb it was my chois to go to my regament for if I git there I shall try for my dis charg this letter is short I shant right a gain till I git my regament so you must not wory about me keep up good corage and I will do the saim so no more this timb this from your brother                                      

William W Harvey

 

Castle Williams

Govners Island

Ny Harbor

 

if you wright meby I shall git it there is some tawlk of going to morow but dont no how true it is / it may be a month before you will hear from me again if I go to morow

 

                                                The End /

 

I got this last

night we got home

safe      Mary H B

 

[upside down]

 

B P Carr

1^st VRC Co H

            Washington

                        DC

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