Brashear City, La, August 29^th 1863

Camp Reno, La

                                                                               

Eliza & Frank I feel puty Bad this morning I have had so mutch pain A long Back I am most wor out for want of sleep I have stated in my other letter Before this what was the matter of me I have got A vary Bad coughf now Raize A grate Deal & my loungs is vary soar it is A Bad place hear in the army to have Eny thing ail him wall I must make the Best of it I can Every one for him self in the army you cant depend on no one I shall Be as carful of my self as I can. I want you to write me whither you got my letter that had the Number of my check in it & ask mr. Lewis if he has got it & also write if he has if he aint you ceap the number of it safe if the check is lost & the number to then I cant git my pay on it if I have the number I can git it /

 

Frank in my other letter Befor theas I wrote to you what to do & git you & your mother to I am A fraid you aint got them or you would wrote to me A Bout them I hope I shall git A letter from you the next mail steamer in stating you have got them with the mony in it & also the one that has got the number of my check in it & Mr Lewis has got the check of $32.00 I feel vary uneaza I cant set still nor stand still onely when I am writing A litle at A time I cant Be whear your are so as to talk with you so I will ceap writing to you while I can when I cant write you must git thease old letters & Read them over & think I had never forgotten you while I was in the army Frank always Be A good union man & stick for the goverment let what will happen Asa Holmes

 

August 29^th

I saw Horis Wood this morning you can guess how glad I was to see & old friend hear once moar he got Back last night he will write the perticklears to

 

            good By to all of you

                        Asa Holmes

 

day to diania. how it Revives one oup to see & old friend & have A talk with him it seemes tho he was at home it has Benn three mounths sence I have seen him Before. I no news to write this morning I am A Bout the same. I can Buy things it taste A little dearint hear. tea four Dollars A pound I paid one dolar for one fourth of A pound. ten cents for A loaf of Bread about as Big as your fist pies as Big as A tea saucer A pieace of cake as Big as your two fingears ten cents & Eggs fifty cents A docen. wall one is glad to git them at any price when he dont feel well. god knowes when I dont feel well, the army Rations fairley makes me vomit the site of it when I dont feel well. I did not come down hear to suffer for Eny thing to make me comfatable to save A little mony nor I shant as long as I can git it. I have seen the time when I would had given twenty five cents for one hard tack to while I have Benn hear I have Benn over twenty four ours with out Eny thing to Eat I can stand that, & Be well think nothing of it, nor I dont want you & Frank to suffer when your are sick for eny thing to make you compfatble as long as I send you mony it Cost nothing thear what it dos hear one Dolar will go as fir as five will hear /

 

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we ar ounder marching orders A gain god onley knowes for what place I dont some think to Baton Rouge to join the Division that is A going to texas it might Be in A diferance direction

 

I write A Bought fifteen minnetts at A time on this letter

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