June 24^th 1863             Dear frend I recev your letter this morning and glad to lern that you all was wall This is the one I recev this morning That is all the monney that I hav sent. I hav 20 dollars more with me now I dont know whather I will send it or not if you want it bad I will send it to you I am glad that the rebes are making thare way up north it will wake up tham old farmmers thay will be comming out of thare dens. It will not make the war last enney longer for that said we can fite tham up thare better then we can doun south the rebs want some hocake is all thay want up thar thay will not stay long but friten some of tham copper heads more men that comes out the better I am glad that men will volenteer to go to defend thare state

 

Lilly here is a rose for you /

 

I am wall and in good helth my foot is some sore yet I work yester fixing up beds in the hospital we hav one sick is all in the hospital thare is a number more in camp unwall we Norm Sibley is getting better he has ben quite unwall Jeffons Shorts is some unwall we had orders to get reddey to march last nite at 2 o clock we hav not gon yet some think we will go to nite we hav anise camp ner what thay call brand run we are in 4 miles of the potomac river south west of washington I sussose it will be some time betwix my letters The male is not verry regular som timse in time we lock for a battle you must pay David and Boyes for all the work thay do for you is James W Pratt at home this summer is John Brocks getting out staves this summer

 

How dos your oats lock did you hav that dich dug out threw the feld and made strait that is what I plowed that up for was to improve the land rite as ofen as you can I wood like to here how evry thing is at home and around thare I hav not much war neues to rite you here more neuse thare than I do here doun here I wish James you wood rite to me and all of the rest of you good day Riley Carpenter

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