Washington August

Cam Cacy 134 regiment 1862

 

My dear nan it is with mutch pleasur that I set down to write you a fiew lines to let you no that I am well and in good helth and I wish you the same we had quite a time comeing down hear we left harrisburg and we got got down to the citty of baltimore at four o clock it is quite anice citty I believ that one third of the people are mulattos that is in baltimore we made quite a show their was two regiments their was seventy five cars in our train you no that that would make quite a larg string the tears that was shed when we lef harrisburg and the chearing more than will be heard again I fear by the same boy their is some bad boys to swear in our regiment I hear / them sweareing at one an another now we stoped in baltimore two ours it is about as larg as the citty of Clevland we marshed throu it and karyed all of our load it ways about fifty pouns we had to cary them seven miles to day we are seven miles out of washington we hav the view of the citty all of the time we came in to washington last evning at twelv oclock at nite and we slep in the farrias all nite and when we got up in the morning and I took awalk up to the citty of washington and I was in the captial I seen a marbel hous that covers five achers of ground and all of the things that ever you would think of they hav got in it they hav got all of the presridents in marble and they hav got one battle in their it looks nice well I dont no wheather it looks nice or not to shoot aman down or not but I suppose that we will hav it to do before long they say that general Jacison is in six miles of this camp but if they come we will hav to stand / up to it if you was hear I could take you around hear I was up to by some cheas and they sell it cheap only 20 cents apound and they ask to cents for one peaches they try to take the money of the solgers I seen six rebles they wear took prisoners the other day and they look hard they had got no close on them hardly they looke like as they hante got mutch to wear I saw the moniment of washington it is about twenty five feete wide and seventy feete wide we crost the potomac river it was very wide or least I thought so before we got through with our loads is Cy gon to the army if he hante tell him to stay at home for he cant stand to carry the load that we hav got to carry for it takes a stout man to carry it you must excuse this bad riting for we hav to set down and write on your nee but you no me and I think that / you can read it I would like to see you and hav atalk with you about some times that we had last fall it is most eleven months since you and I took each other by the hand I dreamed last nite that I was with you and we took a walk to asingen but we are as far a part as ever we was but whear the heart is the mind will be we are far from each other now maby forever but we dont no the god of battles will protect us in the battle field you must pray for the success of the 134 regiment and to protect us in the battle field if I had node that I was coming so sune I would of went out and seen you but if I get back again I will go out and see you and we will take aride out to the citty of cleveland but I may not get back but we will meat in the next world a better place than this but I intend to get home again with good helth dont you want me to their is quite

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