Camp Distribution

Alexandria Va                                                                                                

Aug 25 1864

 

dear Wife itake this oppertunity to rite afew lines to let you know that iam well and hope that you are the same we arived here tuesday night about eleven oclock we started from the island friday at half past 2 pm and arived at Alexandria tuesday at 1½ PM and on loaded and marched four miles to Camp and gut to bed about 2 oclock in the morning their was about one thousand on abord the transport Herman Livingston

 

Saturday afternoon and night was verry rough monday night it rained / most all night we had to lay on deck without / without any shelter but our blanket their was about four hundred Germans on bord four of them jumped overbord to swim ashoar the gard fireed at them ten times they turned to come back the ship lowered aboat and picked them up

 

iexpected ishould be sea sick but iwas not idont know when ishall go to the rigiment an officer to me as soon as their was enough come in we should go it is about 150 miles from here it is anice plac here ishould like to stay here my year we are eight miles from Washington rite as soon as you get this direct to Camp Distribution

 

Alexandria Va             Va /

 

Lizzie you be a good girl and help mother all you can till icome home tell mother to give you a kiss for me idont think of anything more so good by till you here from me again rite as soon as you git this so ican git it before ileave here and tell me if you gut that twenty isent by mrs Ferrell we fare well here so far ihad some bread and milk for my breakfast this morning

 

from your Husband

            N S Kemp

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