October the 12 1862

 

My Dere Sister

it is with grate plesher that I take my pen to rite to you to let you know that I am stil ingoying good helth and I hope that theas few lines may find you ingoing the same I received 2 letters from home and one from sister margaretan and I was very glate to here from you I am glate to here that you are all well and I hope god will keepe us in good helth and preserve our lives I will now tell you whare we are we have left camp Chace and went to fredrick citty in the state of maryland / and here we stayt about one week and then we started to hagers town about twenty four miles from fredrick citty we went from camp chace to fredrick by rail road but from fredrick to hagers town we went it on foot we are on our road from fredrick to hagerstown we have marched over three difrent battle fields where the have had some of thear late battels but we could not see mutch onely some of the long graves whare the are berid in by hundreds we are now incampt in a very nice field about one mile from hagerstown how long we stay here we cant tell but we may stay here a good while for all I know I have seen some of the boys cins I came here I have seen / cusen george wingerd and ges bryer and william Stifel and walton kelly and a good meny more that I knew the 83 reg is incampt about one mile from us I did not see gorge for some time but I will go over and see him as sone as I can git of

 

No more at present

 

But yours Respetfully

 

Isaac Fry

 

Miss Sara Fry please tell Henry Delo that I received his letter and was very glate to here from him tell him to rite to me as often as he can      EH /

 

you stil Direct your letter to washington as you dit before

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