Head Quarters Savanah Jan 27^th

 

Dear Parents

                        I have not heard from you in a great while we are still in Savanah but expect to march to day we have been under marching orders for the last week but the heavy rains of the past two weeks have been quite disastrous to our army the 15^th Corps lost a great deal of stuff the 3^rd division is at Hardeeville some 30 miles from here I presume that I have some letters at the regiment but they are so far from here that we have no way of getting to them I am in one of the finest houses in the city it is owned by a Mr Washington [faded, paper fold] to pack up so I will close

 

Jan 27^th we came ten miles and camped for the night

  "  28^th moved at day light marched 14 miles through swamps had a tough time of it

      29 marched at 7 AM passed through springfield and came into camp at 3 PM having marched 10 miles

 

Camp near Ebenezer Geo Jan 30^th 1865

Dear Parents

            Your welcome letter reached me after going to the regiment from there to Genl Slocums Head Quarters and from there to Capt N B Bickford CS but I got it on the march or rather the first night / of the march we have fine weather to march in just cool enough to be comfortable my health is pretty good for me my outfit consist of one shelter tent one poncho (or rubber blanket) and over coat so you see that I dont have much to burden me I have a pack mule to carry evry thing for me to day we lay in camp I suppose to morrow we will cross the river into South Carolina and before long you will hear from W T Sherman and his band of rovers at Branchville SC and Augusta or Charleston must fall before the mudsills for we dont know of any such thing as defeat when Sherman is our leader I am glad to hear that Loomis is at home I would like verry much to be at home to see him and also to attend brother Frank funeral but I hope the time may soon come when I shall be able to meet you all at home we expect to be musterd out on the 8^th of August the 20^th CV are some twenty miles ahead of us I am at Headquarters CS (Commissary Supplies) I will now close you can direct to the regiment as before

 

Remember me to enquiring friends

                                                           

From your Affect Son

Geo H Palmer

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