Long Island

Feb 23^d 1864

           

Dear Parents

                                    I sent a letter home yesterday but now I am writing the last letter that I am going to in South Carolina for a spell

 

                                    We are bound for Florida this time we go to fight and glad to get a chance to get out of prison we are like the Old Duglas that said he would rather hear the lark sing than the mous squeak

 

                                    I expect we shal see some more hard times / but every man is ready to go. the report was yesterday that Gillmore had got whipped severly but it dont frighten us we are glad to go

 

                                    I expect to have to eat hard tacks again but if they are good they will do verry well. we wont starve if they set us on dry land with a few old Secesh around with a good farm

 

                                    I am on Picket now. we have not got our mail yet but expect to get it to day

 

                                    there is no news to write I wrote you a good long letter night before last so you see I cant think of mutch to write. the Boys will all have to go Ben with the / rest We have got 55 men in all and four of them belong around the Hospital so you see we have not got a verry large Company. But these few are tuff and a stout lot of men one of them 6½ fot tall

 

                                    I have not seen Johney in a week but the Orderly Sergeant of Co C. told me yesterday that he was gaining

 

                                    My box has not come yet but I will get it almost as quick where we are going as here

 

                                    I have wrote about all that I can think of at present I dont know as you can read it. it is wrote on my portfolio lying on my knee

                                   

Good By for this time

Will

 

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