U. S. Arsenal. Hospt.

Washington. D.C.

Dc 7^th  1864.  

 

Dear Father Mother Sisters & Brothers

I now take pen in hand to inform you that i am in better health than i have been for some time past yesterday i had an attact of the bilious fever and was very bad for some time but i doctored my selfe and now i feal better than i have done for some time past. I received your kind and welcomb letter the 6^th and was very hapy to hear that you wer / well one & all. 2 P.M.

 

I have just received that box with 2 turkies & one cock or rooster more commonly called they are all right and nise ones to as soon as i get paid I will send the money to you if you want it if not i will pay when i get home Nuse from the armie is good Sherman has marched acrost the State of Georgia and is now holding communication with ower force near Savania Grant has made an other raid capturing 3 pieces of artilery 200 prisoners and several thousand dollars worth of small arms and also other armie equipments & forage for horses he has also destroyed a branch R.Road / that was near being completed. General Tomas has surprised the Reble General Prise in the west and captured a quite an amount of arms and stores of all kinds General Canby has nearly recovered from his sickness in the sothron Department the nuse from Sheridan is that the Reble General Early has gon to Ritchmond and the 6^th Armie Corps has been sent from Sheridans armie to Grant at or near Ritchmond the Second Session of the 38^th Congress has commenced the Presidents message was read at 2 oclock yesterday i will send it to you in a few days in the paper here most likely you will sea / it before i send it but if so no harm done there is but little nuse here in the city. N.B. Tell Levi if he can get a chance to come here about the first of January i think he could make a good thing in buying horses there was about 200 sold last week from $2.00 (two) Dollars to $90. (ninty) Dollars each there was as fine a stalion 8 years olld sold as you would wish to sea for $85. becaus he was always fighting the other horses and by the way he could do something for me i think there is no harm in trying if he will as i am near tired and my paper limated i will close with my love & best respects to all I remain as ever Your loveing Sone & Brother

                                                                                                           

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