Med. Dept. 213^th Reg^t Penn^a Vols.

Camp Parole Annapolis Md.

Sept. 4^th 1865.

 

Dear Sister:

                        Your last was rec^d. Was pleased to hear from you. I have once more returned to this place—Camp Parole—as you will see from the heading of this letter. Our reg't is still here for the purpose of protecting the barracks. As yet there are no orders to sell, and until that comes & they are sold we will not get away here.

 

I have not the least idea, as to when the reg't is to be mustered out—the probabilities are that, we will be kept our full term—one year.

 

This place is very unhealthy at / at present. A goodly number of our reg't are sick.

 

The most prevalent disease is intermittent fever. Not only are the soldiers—strangers in this place—sick, but the Citizens too are down with the ague. We have not had very many to die as yet—the other day however, we lost one man, who died of "Congestion of Brain". It was a peculiar case. The man without any premonitory symptoms whatever, and apparently without a primary cause, laid himself down, fell into a comatose condition, from which the most active measures could not arouse him. He lay in this state for forty (40) hours at the end of which time life was extinct.

 

I rec^d a letter from Ziegler, says he is going to the city / this month. Wish I could go with him. Presume I will have to wait until the winter of sixty-six/66 to finish my studies. Well, I don't suppose I will loose any thing by waiting—the more study, the more perfect the man.

 

Did you receive the money I sent? if so, please acknowledge the sum.

 

Did you see Dr. Blair lately? How is he getting along?

 

Write soon & give me all the news.

                                                           

Your brother

W. H. Weirick

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