hampton hospital Jan 25^th 1865

 

Dear mother I received your kind and welcom letter and was glad to here from you that you were are well I am well as usual there has not been any snow here yet. It is prety cold here now. there has been a good many wounded come in from the expedition that went to fort fisher. there was one reg got blowed up it was the 169^th NY. there were 200 left after the explosion. yesterday afternoon I went down to beach and I found a photergraph and i thought I would send it home just for the fun of it and i found a peace of bone and made a ring of it I will you a present of it. /

 

I want you to send me a little box I want a good jack knife and 2 or 3 lbs of butter and some cheese and cakes and some peanuts &&&&

 

i expect to get payed of the first of next month I have been musterd for two months pay that is all i shall get now. I want you to send me money to pay for my washing the hospital close are lousey as the old harry. Wye dont you write oftiner I will answer every letter you have amineto write. tell Jason to write. I send my respect to him tell ruben to writ I see he has got to be a prety good writer I have got a piece of a vest that I will send to you that come from fort fisher it belong to the rebel col. lamb that was taken prisoner he went by the hospital / under a niggar guard. did have much cider last fall I suppose you have a plenty of apples now how many cows has father got now I do not think of any thing els to write this time so i must

close good by

           

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