Camp Burnsides, Indianapolis

Indiana

October 20^th 1863

 

Dear Parents & Sisters:

                                    After the fatigues of this day I will attempt to adress you a few lines by way of a responce to your verry kinde and ever welcom letter, which came to hand yesterday after paying the city of Jeffersonsville a visit.

 

today has been a day of fatigue, as we have had general inspection I do not know what we are to do here yet. we are doing nothing of any account now. we will in all probability get our pay this week sometime the first for me for six months I recieved a letter from the Boys (Oll and Phill) last night. Oll's was written in Sept but Phill's was written since the fight it seems but is dated the / third of Oct Phill says he and Oll are all right but tells of several of the boys who are badly hurt. I will send Phill's letter to you if you can read it.

 

I am verry anxious to hear more from them and the rest of my old acquaintances in the old 18^th if you get hold of a list send it to me and I think if you go to Camp Thomas at the head Quarters of the 18^th and see Col Carington you would be likely to get a list of all causualities perhaps the Adjutant then could furnish you with a list. we all feel cheered at the way Ohio has gone this election. /

 

Mollie has gon home. she went last Friday. we could not afford the expence boarding is from three to seven dollars per week here and hard to get at that. if I can fix me up a house I will send for her again and have her bring the tools to keep house with and then we will go it on our own hook. I think we can run a Schebang of that kind & not eat our heads off. you know Mollie is not satisfied unless she is making at least soldiers wages over and above her living. she has come near saving as much as I have since I enlisted, but I say Bully) /

 

I will send your letter to Mollie and let her wright to you herself. I do not like Indianapolis as well as I did Jeffersonsville or Louisville. tis true this place is a much nicer place than either of the others, but every thing is so much dearer here than they were down there. write soon all of you must write and not wait for Mother to write all the letters.   

 

yours as ever

Luke

to you all

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