Aug the 31 1862

            Washington

                                    Washington Co Pa

 

Dear father and mother and brothers and sisters isit down to let you no that we are all well and hope that you can say the same we are in washington yet but we expec to go to pittsburg in camp or three miles up the rive a bove pittsburg in camp and maby we will go on next week some time we halve plenty to eat here and we would rather stay here in Captan stockton is to meat some more men in pittsburgh this week to Deside where we will go to camp but ithink we will g to pittsburgh we are adoing nothing here only eating and sleeping and runing around town our boys is all togather /

 

G^eo W Carter

Jesse Carter

T J Carter

Jonson Toppin

I Connway

William rufiner

Andrew Chester

B Hawthorn

Jesse marris

 

These are the members of our bunk this is the time to elecktion

 

Swany is our first lieut

 

Cap Stocktin we are not through the elecktin

 

Here is a book for Mother and For Hariet these is the kind that we g to Read in camp there is preaching here every sundy 4 o PM it is agetting late and we must close now and We still remane your suns

 

G W Carter/T J Carter /

 

Right soon

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