Winter st. Barracks. St. Louis. Mo.
		                  April 29th 1864
[Ever dear Em?]
			I now seat myself to
write a fiew lines to you to let you
know that we are all well at present and
i hope when this reaches you it will find
you enjoying the same great blessing them
boys got here yesterday and i got that
sugar for which i am much obliged i gave
one cake to [Hearington?] for which he thanks
you john is as good to me as anyone
could be me and the boys was all over 
the city i was sorry to hear that you have
made up your mind to go east this summer
but if you do go you must take good care
of yourself while you are gone, i want you
to send me the number of them papers that
i have sent and i will get all back numbers


if i can find them, we muster for pay
tomorrow tomorrow at two oclock and the
seargents have to furnish blacking and brushes
and then we have to black our boots, so 
you see we have to put on some style yet
it rained all day i was on guard yesterday
at the colonel’s head quarters and i had
a very pleasant time the fruit trees are 
out in bloom here and the grass is nearly
high enough to mow oh how i wish
this war was over for i begin to want to
come home but i am not homesick [any?]
there is some talk of there giving the
boys another furlough but i dont know how
true it is but i hope it is so, i have
know news to write this time i just thought
i would let you know that them boys had come
through now i will stop writing give my 
respects to all i remain as ever your loving
					          husband
					Wm Eaegle
		to
Emma A. Eaegle