East Cambridge
		       the
		Feb 11 /62
     Dear Brother
	     i received your
kind and loving letter last tuesday
i am Sorr i did not answered it
before but i have not been very
well i have had a Cold but i
am Getten better now Charly
is well and Sends his love to
you and Says he guess he wont
go to Washington that was all
talk about listeng for thirty
days Charly Says when you get
were the Rebels are you must
Shote at them for him to
we had a letter from Sam the
last week he was well and
Said he had a letter from

you and Said that you was
well baby is well and Send
you lots of kisses here they are 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
he has got So now that he takes
holt of Charly whiskers and pulls
them he has large ones like
Sams [Sam?] when he wrote he
never Sent his love to Eddie I
did not like it neather Charly
is holden Eddie and am
going to Send you a paper to
i will try and Send you a
better one next time Called
the [illegible] fellow i will Send
you bugget of fun now Give
my to the folkes when you
write home Give mine and
Charly love to Brothers James
i Cant think of any more
now So i will Close by Saing

Good by for a while write
Soon and tell us how the
war is Getten along good
  by from youre loving

	Brother and sister
    and baby O. K. .E. Dickerman