good evening mother and
	father at home I am in
	[from?] a waggon at Harpers Ferry
	Bolivar Heights
	Winsday October 15th 1862

Dear Mother
I take my pen in hand
 to inform you that I am
well and hope you are
the same. I received two
papers from you the other
day and perused their
Contents with pleasure
I am in the best of health
I am cooking for 7 men so
you  may judge how hard I
have to work it is fine
weather here yet I think it
is the finest fall weather I
ever saw no frost year it is
like the place in [Fork?] state
where unkel [Buttes?] used
to live high mountains all


around Oh this war if
you knew how sick I am of
it you would not want me
to ever say any thing about
it but it is of no use to 
say one word about it but
lik old [Jim?] who got caught
in the trap grin and bear
the worst of it and I say
if I ever get out of it you
don’t catch me again
Mother it is [mos?] 4 months
since I have had one
cent of pay and I only saved
six dollars so I am out
of money some time ago
but I shall send you
twenty more next pay day
and I want you to send 
me five dollars for  to buy
some boots with and some
soft-bread with you may
send me one dollar in

stamps to you must send 
united state mony with
all of the bad bills you
have got anything  no matter
how  poor for it will all go for
something to eat all that
I want is to get home as soon
as I can the longer I stay
the [illegible] I get
I cant think of any
thing to write of interest
I heard from Frank the
other day I heard that
he was a nurse in the
Hospital so he is on extra
duty off the field of battle
I do not think that your
boys are in very great danger
of  Sesesh Bullets do you
you must keep up good spirits
for your boys are none of the
men who shirt shirk around
Home I would if I could

I wrote a letter to
Mary Jacobson the other
day I do not know as
she will answer it if
she don’t I wont write
to her again tell her so 
why  you see her for me
tell sarah I want her
to send me her letters
she got from Mina
Hopkins  for I want
to see if I have 
not hard from them
in some time
now send me that money
as soon as you can
for I want it bad
tell me where to 
write to Eddy for I do
not know
But I must close for it
is late write soon
from your dutiful son
A H Marsh [illegible] of Co. [E?]
7th Michigan [illegible]