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		Mobile May 3d /65
My Dear Wife
	        I now seat myself
to pen 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
all enjoying the same good health
     I recieved a letter from
you to day and i was very
glad to hear from you for i
have not had any letters since
we left new Orleans until to day
but i could not imagine who
it could be from for it was
mailed in detroit the 17th of
last month. there is some 
talk of our moving camp out
about seven miles from the city
to a place called spring hill
there is some of the regiment
out there now. and two brigades
of infantry. but i had just as

soon go there as to stay
here but i think that we will
be on the mississippi river
in less than four weeks. i
think that we will march to
Baton Rouge soon. the rebel general
Dick taylor has surrendered his
whole Army to Gen Canby but
i dont know wether he will
march his troops into this city
or wether he will deliver his
arms over to A.J. Smith up to
montgonerry. this city is full of
rebel soldiers that have been
paroled. there was a load that
grant sent here from richmond
they got here night before last
there was seven hundred and fifty
of then and they all beling
in and around the city.
	There was a rebel soldier
shot in the city one or two
nights ago by one of our men

        but whiskey was the cause
of the row and they was not
in one of the nicest houses in
the world from what i heard
	the papers all think
that the war is just about
played out and i guess it
is for they have not got any
place to go. and they have
not got much of an army
to fight gainst us any-how
	this place was fortified
the strongest of any place that
i have ever seen and they
had plenty of guns. and
Ammunition but there never
was any fighting on this side
of the bay. but just as soon
as fort spanish and Blakely
was taken they evacuated the city
and left every thing that they
could not carry with them
i have not heard how much

cotton was captured in
this place but there was
lots of tobacco. the
government furnishes us
with tobacco now which
will be a great help to all
of us boys every man can
draw his rations wether he
uses it or not but if he
does not use it he can
sell it for the money with
out any trouble. the cemetery
here shows how many men
the rebels had killed at
spanish fort there is about
one acre that is covered as thick 
as it can be with graves
	You must excuse all
mistakes and poor writing
and write as often as you
can no more at present
but remain your loving husband
                            Wm Eaegle


Emma. A. Eaegle