Jenuary the 16 - - 1863
   My Dear sun it is With
great Plasure that i set dow 
to Communicate a few lines to
you to let you no that i
Am Well at present and
I hope that theas few lines
Will find you injoin as
good a health as i am at this time
And sallyann i am engoin
As good a health as can Be
ExpeCtid leading a solgers life
We have some sickness out hear
some has the mumps and
some has got the measels
And some has got the
Infermation on the lungs
And some has got Bad Couls
We are enCamped hear in
Alexander to gard the
sittey of elaxander

We are Whare We Can see
The shiping on the Water
And that makes it look Plesant out hear
Their is most every thing
Goin on in this sittey
i Will giv you a small
Detail of the prices of Produse
Wheat is Worth 10 dollars
Beans if Worth two dollars
Potatoes is Worth fifty Cents
Butter is Worth forty Cents
oysters is Woarth forty Cents Bushel
The Report is now that
Their Wont Be any more fiting
for six months But we dont
No Whether the Report is
new or not and i think
if We dont hav eny fiting
in six months i think that
They Will settle the War
Eny Way i hope they Will

BeCaus i am gitting tired
of a solgars life
And their is a good meny
that has got the same
fealings a Bout the War
i Waunt to git home
Where my famley is
i have had to stop Writing
To eat my diner and now
i hav got dun eating
And now i Will [Comunt?]
 Writing a few lines more
i Was very glad to Receave
your letter and i Would 
Be glad to hav you Write
A goodeal oftner to me
i dont Waunt you to Wait 
To Receive a letter from me
Before you Write to me
And i Waunt you when
you Write me ananswer
To this letter i Waunt

you to Put in the
letter some Postage stamps
Because We haint drawed
our money yet and i
haint got nothing that
I Can git stamps With
And i dont no When We
                money
Will git our ^ We may
Not git it in to monts
Now Pleas answer this
As soon as you get his letter
Now Alman of all thing
you do dont you never
Enlist in the armey
BeCaus you cant never
stand the hard ships that
We have to When you Write
i Waunt you to tell a Bout
Evry thing you Can think of
William arnald has Bin taken a
Prisner and has Bin Prald and he
is With us evry day
   Bengman Brock good By to you