Washington Sept 30^th 1863

 

Dear Parents

                Your welcome letter of the 28^th I have just recd and as I usually do hasten to answer it I am sorry to hear of your ill health also that Father is so unwell my health is not verry good I had a fainting turn some as I had while I was home on my furlough and yesterday I had a verry serious spell of bleeding at the nose so much so that I was verry weak I am troubled with a rush of blood to my head if I get the least excited as if I do any thing to get myself heated up so to day the doctor orders me to keep perfectly quiet the 12^th Army Corps passed through here / on Saturday night Sunday and Monday to reinforce Rosecrans I did not see the 20^th Conn as they went in a train before I got there I was sorry that I did not see them the 1^st 5^th 6^th 11^th and 12^th are all orderd to join the army of the Cumberland so that it will leave the army of the Potomac without much of a force Loomis and Frank have both written to me C T Penfield has not written since I wrote I am surprised that my letters should find their way into public print I would like to see it if you can obtain one of the papers cut it out and send it in a letter there are quite a number of murders and highway robberies occuring here lately evry night a person is not safe even on Pennsylvania Avenue / which is the main street of this city. what kind of a family are those that move into the house seems to me I should hesitate some about letting the home under the circumstances of the Sage affair oh send the palladium by all means but I am writing too much for me but dont worry about me for I have as good a time and care when I am sick as I could get home for the doctors are here on the ground at a moments notice and I feel stronger this evning than I have for the last 24 hours and Dr has given me medicine that will stop my nose bleeding also rush of blood to the head hoping to hear soon I close with good wishes to all enquiring friends

                                                                       

From your Affect son

Geo S Palmer

 

To Mr and Mrs Palmer     

                                                     

dont worry about me

 

 

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