Camp Simeons Augest 11^th 1862

           

Dear Father and Mother

I now take the opertunty to write you a few lines to let you now how we are a getting along we are all well and hope these few lines may find you the same we left Doylestown Saturday morning at 7 O Clock and arived at philadelphia about 10 and marched 4 miles and took our dinners and marched back which is about 6 miles and then took the cars for harrisburg we arived at harris there about 9 O Clock and there we took took supper in the car house and then took up lodging for the night upon the floor for the night about twelve O Clock the cars come in and of jumping and scrabling you ever seen / was done there the next morning we took breckfast about ten O Clock and then we was free one hour and then we went down to the Susquehannah and took a bathe and then we went back and and formed in ranks and marched up to the Capitol and I think that was the pretiest place that I ever seen we formed in ranks and marched back to the car house and took our dinners and then we marched up to the camp ground which is about 2 miles from the town and the first thing was to put up our houses and the next thing was to get something to eat 

 

            we have not yet got our suits nor we cant tell you what regiment we are a going into yet we will tell you more about it the next time we wright

 

donot right right until I wright agen we are all gay and happy henry says you must tell he is all wright

 

do not wory about

us we are a doing well

good buy all

 

I will wright soon

 

good buy

 

Dear father and mother

I must stop now it is / late

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