Febuary the 19^th 1864

                                                                                    U. S. Military Prison Barracks N^o 20

                                                                                                            Rock Island Ill.

 

            Dear Father

                                    I seate myself this eavning for the purpose of conversing a few lines with you by way of penmanship it has bin more than a weeake sence I have heard from you I have bin very unwell for the last eigt or tenn days with a sevier attackt of head Ache caused I think from cod taken since I have bin at this place I have nothing interesting to relate to you the health of this Prison is very good at presant thare is some few cases of the smallpox hear I think that wee will all starte to Dixy this spring as soon as you get this letter I want you to wright to me about your farm stock & fish Trap & the naberhood news let me now know if John Harden Crouch has married yet tell ha him that he must wright to me

 

                                    for the Presant I must Close Give my best love to ma and all the Children and all enquireing Friends.

 

                                    I Remain Your Son

                                    Untill. Death.

                                                Wesley H. Frey

 

[envelope]

M^r Thos. J. Frey

            Clarksvill Montgomery Co

                        Tennessee

 

[in another hand]

March 11^th 1864

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