Aug 3^rd 1862

                                                                                                                        Keokuk Ioway

 

                        Dear Sister & Brother

                                                                                                As I received your kind letter last evening I will cherfuly answer it this evening This is a fine sabath day & there is quite an excitement here to day there was a man came in town as hard as he could stare stateing that the Rebels had taken a small town down the River about 7 miels the home guards was called out and they got several companys of con valessent solders ready for them but I supose it is like it was before/when they fired into the trane probly not more than a dozzen & when the cars came in to keokuk they reported that there was 1400 Rebels advanceing on this City they got several Co that time but I never heard no more of it after that day I think it will be the same way this time Ive got so that no such things excites me in the least I got use to it before the evacuation of Corinth I could sleep as sound as bed bug evry night we expected to haft to be cauld out to fight ly all night with our rigint & our guns by our side

 

Mr Rush you got a glimps of the South So you Said I/think of going back the first of Sep & if I get sick any more I will aply for a discharg & I will not leave the Regment until I get one that so to but Im in hopes I will keep in good health I like it fine if I can keep well We had quite a time last evening tried to rais the beloon that had went up twist before & a big gust of wind blue the top off of it so we ended the exercize by alittle fire works & a speech by an old man that lives in the City of Keokuk & also by one of our fellow solders the old man said that the specelations of making money of of the solders stomach was plade out & a great deal more was said of one/thing and another old Hughes the head man of the Keokuk Hospitals got mad put 20 or 30 men in the guardhouse for staying to here the speaches the old man that spoke to ous said the Solders should have their rights if he was published in Monday morning old Hughes will get shot if some of the solders gets a fare show at the old rip O I have a fine time I know no body & no body knows me personaly I feel all right and I am all right looking every day for the sick Poore little Caty Im in hopes her chin is well I will write & you must do the same Direct to T. A. Simpson Co. K 28. Regt. Ills. vol Keokuk Ioway General Hospital  yours truly T. A. Simpson

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