On Permanent Picket Post

Crow Creek Franklin County Tenn

Near Tantallon April 12^th 64

 

Dear Parents

                                    Your verry welcome letter of the 4^th I have just recd and I hasten to give it a speedy answer Geo Fowler has just left he came down from Dechard to see me looks fat and hearty but I am of the opinion that he means to desert again from what he said to me Charley has gone up to camp this evning and I am alone I have just finished an old fashioned oven out doors and we are baking some beans in my next I will tell you how it cooks wont you have some biscuits or a custard pie all of which we expect to have I would kindly invite you to tea some time but to the news Comp news is plenty we are going here and going there one thing / is certain the stories are not all official the 11^th and 12^th Corps are consolidated to be called the 1^st Army Corps Genl Hooker Commanding Genl Slocum has been orderd to Vicksburgh what they will do with Genl Howard we have had verry wet weather the past week untill to day it was quite warm have you warm weather up home I dont know. the boys from Cromwell are well hoping this will find you as it leaves me in good health I recd a letter from Loomis yesterday he was well Remember me to all

                       

And I Remain your                                   

Affectionate Son

Geo H Palmer

 

To Rev E and Florilla S Palmer /

 

latest from the seat of war all quiet along the lines Arthur Boardman has been promoted to 2^nd Lieut Co B seargeant Barry of Co D to 2^nd Lieut Co A quite a batch of officers have been promoted Major Buckinham to be Lieut Col vice Wooster promoted to Col 29^th C.V. (nigger regiment) Capt Pardee to be Major we have got a mean drinking set all of them

 

[verso, another hand]

 

L. T. Palmer

            /64

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