August the 20/62

Camp Morton

Indianoplis

Ind.

 

Dear Father,

                        I take my seat this morning to inform you that I am not very well I have the Bowl Complaint and sour stumache, wich makes me feel very week But I think I will soon be over this I am getting better now. The Comishioners have come to pay us and in fact they are paying it to us this minute and I am scending home $40.00 of mine by A. T. Beckette and likely we will / get all to day which we will do, and you will receive it all too except $10.00 wich I will keep and you can do what you please with it I owe Oscar Livingston $18.50, Oscar Gantee $1.25, and the store keepers some at Everton, and Dock Silvey some and you can pay all of those debts for me and I will be thankful to you kind Father, for I dont expect that I will come home untill I get back from Kentuckey. we are going wright off for arrangements to go thare to day 

 

well I am writeing a great del to day and we are in confusion confusion we are have drawed our arms this morning. well they are the nicessest guns that I ever saw in my life well have saw about 7,000 thousand soldiers. They come all times in the day and at night you get up in the morning and see a new Regiment of soldiers camped close around you. I can see the cars at any hour in the day we are camped close to the depot 

 

well I will have to close you must all take care of your selves for I dont know how soon I will have a chance to see you. write soon as you can find out where to direct, so good

good by

From you Son

Will H. Corbin

to his Father                    

A. E. Corbin

 

God Bless the Ladies of Jackson & Jennings township

Oh, long may they live

in the land of the Free

and the home of Brave

 

this is for the Presanttention of the Flag

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