Columbian College Hospt Washington DC

Feb the 18/63

 

Dear brother it is with pleasure that I seat mi self this evning to answer your kind letter wich i recieved a good while a go I would halve writen long a go but thare was nothing new going on here at the presant time only that it has been snowing all day untill this evning the snow is a bout five inches deep but the mud was a bout that deep be fore the snow fell so take the mud and snow both to gether it will be puty deep but I dont think there will be much sleighing here but i expect there is plenty back there i wish I was there i think I would try some of it but then I will haft to wait till i get back and i cant tell when that will be but i dont think it / will be on till the next snow eny how well Jack i hardly no what to write for times is prety dul here espicially in the hospt we dont do enything but eat drink and sleep and to pass the time a way we play some cards and checkers when we get tierd doing nothing we play cards and checkers to pass the time a long I go to the city once a week and some times twice i expect to go to morrow and halve a big time for i most always get some brandy to drink and that makes me feel as big as eny of the big boys Dont it you we had a darkey in our house a while working and it looks as cleean as a new pin buly for the clean dont you say so Jack you never tell me how flory is getting a long i want you always to tell me how she is and cuff and the fiddle take good care of them all for I / think a good deal of them most eny body wood buly for the think well Jack you boys has a big time with the gals back ther and here is poor me cant go with eny body buly for the cant go well I gess i have told you all I halve to tell you for this time you will please excuse all mestakes and bad writin write soon and tell me all the news and dont for get it

 

Nothing more at presant but remain your

                                                                       

Brother Geo Bender

to Jackson Bender

           

Mi Love and well wishes to you all

                       

Good Night for this time

 

 

Write Soon

 

Columbian College Hospt

Washington DC

            GB                               

 

tell hi rhodes that i got his leter

                                    and will write soon

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