U. S. Arsenal

Hospt   Washington D.C.

Jan 8^th  1865   

 

Dear Father Mother Sisters & Brothers

I now take pen in hand to write a few lines to inform you of the safe arival of your kind and welcomb letter It found me well as usual and i was hapy to hear that you wer all as well as usual you must excuse me for not writing to you before I have been very busy for the last week / there is 4 sick in hospt and we have been white washing the Hospt and the cook has been on a two days pass and i was cook Nurse and all but if my health is spared i will try and be with you nex season to enjoy the Holidays there is not mutch sickness here now the men that are in Hospt are men that have some old disease hanging on to them from neglect of their own months since. You speak of Calvins being sick i hope may recover ear long and be around for it is bad to have sickness but it can not be helped by man / God alone can cure and it is ower duty each and every one to do ower duty to God & man so that in the future we shall be prepaired to meat him at the bar of Justice many is the temptation of a soldier that is away from home and friends but i hope to do my duty as a soldier while in the armie and hear after to God I have just been writing to Pheebe and i am near tired there is nothing of importance here the day is very plesent I have not sean the papers for a few days so i am unable to give / you the nuse from the armie but the last i saw the progress was good through the whole armie there has been two vessels sent out now within a few days past from the Navy Yard they wer some that was captured on the coast of North Carolina they wer blockade runners they are refitted now and are sent below for use as it is late i will bid you all good after noon.

 

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