Winter street baracks st. louis. Mo.
			April 27th 1864
Dear Em
		I now seat myself to
write a fiew lines to you to let you
know how we are all getting along here
we are all well at present and i hope
this will find you well and all the 
rest of the greenbush folks. i have just
recieved your letter of the 23d it found us 
all in good spirits here we have moved
in the city now in good barracks and we
have got some straw bed to sleep on
and we have plenty to eat now but
we have a good deal of duty to do we are
on guard every third day at the prisons
some times [over?] rebs and some times over
our own men which are in for desertion
and some of them are sentenced to be shot
and i should not blame them for trying to

get out but it is well guarded, there is
two women in there one was put in
for stealing revolvers and the other for
shooting a soldier i heard her say she was
in there for trying to [illegible in original] a man
[illegible in original] but she did not do it but she says
another time she will not have the same
with out the game. hi Steffy has gone
home on a furlough or some where else and
i dont know where and I dont care, for he 
is not very well liked in this company you
            me
wanted ^ to keep you posted about him. i dare
not write all about such things for i
do not know who sees my letter and i
dont want to write any thing but what my
lady can see. i have some more of them
photographs like the one that i sent to you
and if them that have those black ones
thinks they are any better i will exchange
with them. Abe breubaker had a letter but 
i do not know who it is from he does not

stay here he is in the band he plays 
     on the cymbals there is three of our
company in the band, it is raining here
today it has rained ever since roll call this
morning, the trees looks quite green here and
there is lots of flowers out in bloom, one of the 
boys is bothering me so i can hardly
write, i have not had but one letter from
Mary since i left you say she has wrote
several to me but i have not got them
the boys are playing cards all the time but
they have nothing else to do and i dont know
as i blame them for it so long as they dont
play for any thing, there is some talk
of [me?] getting pay next week and i hope
we will for there is not any of the boys
that have got any money at all but i
expect as soon as they do get money some
of the boys will be [truant?] half of the
time. them boys that is there i guess does 
not want to come back very bad but they

had better come as soon as they are
able for they may be sent far, i
wish they would send me after them
i would come willingly i have just been
to my dinner and now i will finish
my letter and i must hurry for the
lieutenant wants to get my pen i have
wrote to dave about that piece of land north
of town to see what he will take for it
but i do not know wether i shall buy
it or not, when we get pay i will send
for that book and have it sent to you. you
say you have written three letters to me last
week but there is one that i have not recieved
yet but it may come yet, now i will close for
this time write as soon as you get this, if you
can read this keep it until i come home and
i will read it for you no more at present
but remain your loving husband
				Wm Eaegle,

			To

Emma A. Eaegle.