Maryland Hights

Oct the 25^th Saturday 1862

 

Dear Father Mother Brother and Sisters I now sit down to write you a few lines to let you no that I am well and enjoying good health and hope these few lines may find you the same I received your letter last night and the 2 dolars in it I was very glad to hear from you we were paid off yesterday we got 9 dolars and 96 cts

 

we drew clothes yesterday but I did not want any the boys are all in good sperrits now they have good shoes and warm clothes and plenty of money so that they can live fine I got my box all right and was very glad of it / every thing in it was all right just as you put them in

 

you mentioned who was drafted I think it must make a kind of a pole around there where it has been drafting Smith Johnson and Cal and Johny misson and all them went clear I believe for their names wasent mentioned

 

Dan Nalor got the bill for his box this morning and we expect the box will be a long in a day or to their is 20 men a getting ready to go out on picket 20 out of each company they are a drawing their rations now for 2 days

 

we all was paid 9 dolars and 96 cts yesterday that was so we got so as to make the months even we will get paid off the 10 of next month again and then we will get our bounty and 3 months wages / so I thought I would keep what money I have and not send any of it home now but when they pay off again I will send it all home

 

what money you have sent me and what it cost to send my box and my boots you myst take out of my money

 

I got a letter from sis this morning it was wrote on last sunday and she said that she hated to go before she heard the names of the drafted she said that she hadent been there but two days and she had enough of it and she said that she was a getting home sick already but she said that she darsent tell you and she said she thought that hannah was a little sick of it too she said Lewis Lugar was there /

 

Oct 28 Recvd

 

I must write her a letter to day and I have a pressent to send to her it is the rose of washington and a very prety pressent I must now bring my letter to a close

 

I blieve I have told you all the news about here give my best respects to all inquireing friends write soon

 

            from your son William H Swartz

            to his parents so good buy

 

W^m Swartz Nalor and morris and williams and wood and all the rest of the boys are all well and as hapy as bees ever was so good buy all

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