Sabbath afternoon

 

Campbell Hospital March 22^nd

 

Dear Brother

                 I have just finished a long letter of seven pages to Mother and now will answer your welcome letter both of which I recd this morning I am still at Campbell Hospital you see but how much longer I shall stay I cant tell from appearances not verry long as they want to prepare for the great battle get the hospitals ready for wounded soldiers on Tuesday they send off a lot whether I shall go I cant tell yet I have recd a letter from Minnie Goslee they had just recd a letter from Loomis he was well Cousin Louise has lost her husband father and mother was well there is no news of any importance going on in Conn M—r thinks they can show up old Sage in his true / light I hope so for he is the damdest villain of the nineteenth Century I think Jeff Davis is not half as mean for he comes out and says that he will do so and Sage the villain tries to cloak his deviltry by being a member of the Church my health is better than when I wrote to you in my last letter I expect dear brother that one of the hardest fought battles of the season is to be fought ere long and perhaps both of your brothers may be in it if they are the God of battles can protect them although we would both of us like to have you near us yet dear brother it is my wish as your older brother and Loomis I presume that you should keep out of this war and console our aged parents I feel verry much / grieved for grieved on account of their troubles I am glad you speak as you do only think of it suppose we were all three in the Army none of us could get a furlough to go home and Sage try and hurt father how we would feel but now you can if they are sick go right home and console them and we would have the satisfaction of knowing that they had a protector in this youngest son I suppose that if father was so disposed he could subpoena me to appear before court and I could get a furlough in that way but I did not mention it in my letter I think it will do you good to go to the theatre once in a while being confined all day as you are in the store try to take good care of your health and I need not give you any advice about beer for I know that you dont touch the stuff / I have lived a temperate life I hope for the last six or seven months and am just as well for it you may call this a sermon but it is nothing but a poorly written letter when I went to bed I had a dream thought I went home on a furlough it seemed so real that I could hardly believe I was in a hospital untill I heard some one groan I hope Loomis will get my letter for I sent him some postage stamps I hope he will get your package too and I close with love you can write direct to Campbell Hospital as before and they will send it to me Mothers letter came through in twenty hours pretty quick time

                                                                       

Ever your affectionate

Brother George Palmer

 

To Frank from George

 

dont send any stamps for I have plenty for the present and get paid this week

                                                                       

Yours Truly

George

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