U.S. General Marine Hospital New Orleans L'a April 14^th 1864

 

            Dear Wife

                        I will commence another letter to you to night although I shall not probably finish it to night as I have just finished one to Mr Reynolds in answer to one that I got from him a few days since and then it is pretty late so that I shall need to go to bed pretty soon. I have not got any letters from you since I wrote you last week but I presume that you have got the one in which I told you not to write again until you heard from me again that is probably the reason of my not getting any letter by the last mail but I look for one by the next mail that comes in and hope that I shall get it for I am very anxious to hear from home / so that I may know how you and Lilly is getting along. I hope that the next one that I get will say that you are all well again. I could then feel more at ease for the thought of your being sick and I where I cannot attend you keeps me excited so that I am not worth half so much here as I would be could I but know that my dear ones at home were well and comfortable

 

                        My health is very good now better than it has been before since I have been down here and I hope that it will keep so

 

There is a little prospect now that I shall get a chance to serve the ballance of my time in York State for it is rumored that the Invalid Corps is all ordered home to their respective states to do duty there If such is the case I may not have to stay here as long as I expected I hope that it may prove to be so, for if I could stay at Auburn it would suit me pretty well. But I do not put much confidence it the report yet but hope that I may be true

 

            James M. Drum of Co A is here and very sick he will not probably live may days. I went in to see him last night he could not talk much then. his wife I believe lives or did live with John Vandusen James son in law, if you should see him you might tell him how he is so that his wife can know

 

            There has been a pretty hard fight up on the Red River and our forces lost pretty heavily two of the 160^th I heard was killed and a number wounded but I did not learn their names nor what Co they belonged to. If I can find out I will tell you in my next letter. I sent $5.00 in Mr Reynolds letter to you and will put two dollars in this for you have you got the letter in which I sent you $10.00 a short time since. Have you got anything more of Bill Cookingham yet

 

            I had a good long ride day before yesterday and it done me good to see how fresh and green everything looked. It looked about like it does at home when the trees are all out in bloom the air was perfumed all around and smelled very sweet 

 

            But I must close this as it near mail time, but will write again soon to you

                                               

Yours as Ever Truly

L. V. Tucker

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