Petersburg Va            

May 8^th 1865

 

Dear Mother

                        I will now write just a fiew lines to you to let you know whare I am we arrived in Petersburg day before yesterday we have had some hard marching since I wrote to you last we marched from Raleigh N.C. I expect by the time you get this we will be in Washington City or near there we have had no mail since we left Raleigh and we will not get aney more untill we get to Richmond and perhaps not until we get to Washington thare is only three Deer Park boys with the Regt now F Bennett, W. Wilson and my self and that is / all Frank is not verry well but my health is good and so is W. Wilson to day the 17^th Corps is passing us on the road I saw John Nolion he is in the 53^rd Ills. I think now thare is a firm prospect of us getting out of the service pretty soon. I have heard we would be musterd out at Washington if we do I think may be I shall go to New Milford before I go home I do not know how I shall do yet some times I think I will wait and go east next fall I guess we will leave from here to morrow we had a new flag yesterday from Chicago cost 300 dollars

                                                           

J D B

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