ship Iland            March 11^th 1862

 

I thought that I would let you now that I am well and I hope this letter will find you the same and I will let the now how that the Iland lise to the ease of the missippi dily the Iland is maid of the sand such as you scower with they is som snailes on the Iland they is som noles here I was on picket guard and it was stormy it did thonder shours all night I dident sleep eny that night the tide grove mee off from my beet so that I had to go on hire ground the boys went up intoo the woods to git som wood to cook the/for them they got som wood intoo a raft and the tide rose so hie that they had to leave it and went back they come down a bout ten Oclock at night I was on gard at that time the rest of the gard came to where I was they thought that they was ribles but they was som that had just come ashore the other guard that was on with mee they got redy to fire on them but they dident fire on them while I was writing this letter the constution comes in she bring in the thurteen corncot righment the boys was glad to see her coming so quick I think that we are going intoo a batle next week so I thought that wood wright to you so that if/I git shot so you would hire from mee once more the man of war they say that they hav bin ored off the lase of the week I havent for got the Alice I thought that I would send the a little presant so you cold rember mee for I think that I shall go Intoo the battle field next week we may gow down to new or leens or to mobeel or to the mowth of the missippi river with four rigements I thought that I would let you now how that I hav slep I hav sleped in the shooger bogset and out in the sand I laid down my blanket to lie down one of them and coverd my self atop with the other I sleped very well/

 

and how do you git a long with the sining school there in that town

 

            I most bid you

All good by

                        from

            Yours truly

 

                        Miss Alice upson

 

                        Mr Leverett H. Gladding

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