Tallahassee Fla

August 26^th 1865

 

Dear Brother

                        I thought I would write you a few lines to day and let you know how things are working here about now I am well and have bin on guard at Genl Fosters Head Quarters every other day for the last week & came off this morning. the boys are all well & the new recruites are a going to be mustered out this after noon they have got thear papers all made out I believe and they all feal fine over it. I have bin doing extry duty for Uncle Sam since Monday night. that is I think it is extry for I onely / Enlisted for 3 years, and my time was out the 21^st but I dont know but it is right to make up the lost time while I was sick, though thought I had a hard enough time of it then not to make it up

 

Well I rather think we will all be out fare soon for it aint but a little while till the 27 of Oct but I have quite a notion not to come right home but go up west and see some of my friends if I have got eney up there, but the worst of it is I dont know where but a few of them live. I wish you would write and let me know where Uncle John lives and well you might as well tell me where they all live. So if I have a good time I may go all around amongst them I will tell you the way I got this notion in my head. the other day there came an order that all the men that wanted to stay down here could be mustered out down / here and severel of the boys said that they would be mustered out down here and pay thear fair up the river rather than be loaded and jamed a round with the regt and then after they get to Elmira have to perraide around & show them selfs, and then I thought that I could go from here up west and visit around cheeper than to come home and then go up west. Ainsley McConnell & severel other boys say they will go up west before they come home they calculate to spend the winter west but I dont know wether I will stay all winter or not. you said in your last letter you thought I had better come home as soon as my time was out and then settle up, but I dont think it will make eney diference if I dont come till spring. if you & Josiah think it will write and let me know. I think I will get mustered out and go up the river / and I dont think it will be much out of my way to go to Uncle Johns now I want you to answer this as soon as you can and let me know how you are all geting along. I expect that Rack and Johney Prentiss will be home about as soon as this will come so they can tell you all about what we are adoing if not more. I suppose you have had a letter from here before this time and I am looking every day for one from you We have mail here three times a week so I think I ought to get one soon I dont know how long it takes a letter to go or come but about 8 or 10 days I should think would take it through

 

we hurd yesterday that part of the 161 got whailed like thunder at Key West a few days ago by the 110 N.Y.Vol. they wer mustered out and starting for home. I did not the particulars

 

                                                                                    So write Soon

                                                                        From your Brother Wilson

            Direct Tallahassee Fla                                                Co. A. 161. N.Y.

 

                        Give my Love to inquiring Friends

            Especiley your wife and J. Ds. familey

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