Vicksburg            Oct 14^th 1864

 

                        Dear Brother

                                                as we dont live where we do now but are on the move, I thought that I would drop you a few lines and let you know that we have left Morganzia and if you have not sent them shirts yet you send them to Cairo for we are going up near there at New Madrid to stay a short while our division is going there the 2^ed Div. we left Morganzia day before yesterday although apart of it came up the river on a scout two days before but did not see or get but 5 or 7 rebels 3 of them was offisers / nearley all our Brigade is on this boat it is a large boat but 3 regts besides 10 ambalances 6 or 8 Bagage wagons and all the mules crowdes it rather much for comfort But I sleep in my ambalance along with Geo C Dunn So I am all plumb when the goos hangs high well as there is no knews to write I will give you an account of a catastopry that hapened yesterday a long side of our boat. We stoped at Natches and there was a small steamer made for runing Bayous it was 50 or 60 feet long 15 wide She had bin captured and was ordered to be taken to vicksburg So we hiched on her but they run her under before we got out in the middle of the river She tiped up side down but no lives lost good By /

 

Direct Co A 161 regt

            Cairo Ill.

 

            Send me a few stamps if you pleas

you see that I stoped rather short well I had to get my buggey off and take some sick to the hospital we stoped some 6 hours so the regt could cook 3 days rations. I was so buisey I did not get a chance to mail this but perhaps I will up above some where tell Rhoda I received her letter and will answer it the first chance I get

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