Camp S[?]

the 5 1862

 

My dier

Parrents

it is with

plasure iwrite

afew lines

to let you now that I am well at this time and hoping these few lines may find you in the same state of helth we all went to church to day and herd a very good surmond But the worst of all thare is a compney of volintiers in the basement story of the church thare is thirty of them sick and one ded and and one died 

 

this ridgment is very helthey thare is only thirty sick we have three sick in hospell one of them thay think wil not recover the Boys is sing and yelling so that I can not rite and pirce is cutting the canddel and chewing it

 

well it is most tattoo and the Boys is hurring me so that ican not rite well imust dry up the [?] for to night for the boys wants to make the beds so goodby if you do not ancer this iwill not rite again very soon /

 

Luke is on

            gard to night

 

O S Lyman

O. S. Lyman /

 

I am awful glad Luke ant in the horse pttle

 

Dear Mollie I received this letter last week and will send it to you to read you may preserve it as I wish to keep all the letters I receive from them we are well at this time why do you not come down write soon love

 

to all H Lyman

            Mollie E Lyman

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