Winter st Barracks st Louis Mo
			May 14th 1864
Dear Em
	I now seat my self to
write a fiew lines to you as i recieved
a letter from you this forenoon it found
us all well and i hope when this reaches 
you it may find you all enjoying the
same great blessing, from what i can
learn i think it is more sickly there
than it is here in the army we are
a moving camp to day we are moving
back to camp davidson and i am
glad of it for i want to get out
of the city but i dont like to go in
tents again but i guess we can stand
it, i told jim about Ellen he says 
he dont care a dam for there is some
out to grass lake that he can write to
that is better than she is and i guess
                                           there is

i am on guard to day at the
military prison i stand right among
the sesesh and some of them feels
considerable down to hear what our 
army is doing in virginia, abe he thinks
it would be a quite a treat to be a
prisoner if he could fare as well as
they do here but i think i had
rather stay in our own army as long
as i can and if it is my luck to
be taken prisoner i will have to do
the best i can, Hi steffy got back
yesterday but he was not in greenbush
while he was there, you spoke about
sending some tea here to me but you
need not for we have tea or coffee
every meal, and you need not send
me any socks for i have three pair
here now one pair that i never have
had on yet, our band is improving very
fast they have got a leader from 

      michigan they pay him seventy five
      dollars per month and they all have
bought them a coat that cost them
twenty six dollars and they look very
nice they are all trimed with silver braid
there is fourteen men in the band
three of them is from our company,
i found a man in our company
that knows that song that you sent
to me it s a very good song, the
mississippi valley sanitary fair commenced
Monday they have to keep a very strong
guard around the ground it is agoing
to be a nice thing some of our boys
are at work there every day a helping
to trim it with evergreens it is agoing
to be a big thing i should like to
be there to cook some cabbage for
[illegible in original] i reckon but i cant get there
yet a while but i shall come as 
soon as i can i guess if i dont
	                       miss it


now i will close, i have sent
one of my pictures to [lois?] and
i will send one more to you, and your
i will return but i dont like to let
it go, you must take good care of
your self and not get sick, good
bye for this time write as soon as
you get his from your
		       affectionate husband
			         Wm Eaegle

E.A. Eagle