(Baton Rouge La
	(May 24th 1865
Dear wife
	   I now will seat
myself to pen a fiew lines
to you to let you know
that we have got through
here all safe and we are
all well at this time and i
hope when this reaches you
it will find you enjoying
the same good health. we
started from mobile on the
eight of this month and we
got here on the 22nd and
we were about all tired out
for we had to live on half
rations nearly all the way
through. we had to put down 
a pontoon Bridge nine times
on the road and we were
not allowed to forage on
the country a bit only when

we could steal out and
get sonething to eat and
not get catched at it we was
not bothered with any rebels
on our route it seemed
almost like peaceable times
to see the rebels soldiers at 
home at work on their
farms. and if the army
west of the Mississippi will
surrender. i think we will
get home before a great
while. and if they dont we
will have to go to texas just
as soon as we can get ready.
and that will be some
two or three weeks. for nearly
all of our horses wants shoeing
before we can go. [dozens?] 
folks have got that box
of things that we sent
from Brownsville and the
charges was six dollars and

     thirty cents. and i will
   settle here with [dozen?] as
soon as we get our pay.
and i dont know when
that will be.
	We are camped
about one mile from town 
out in an open field in the
hot sun with out any tents.
but we will get our tents
to day they are drawing them
up fron the boat this
morning. there was a man
shot himself on our march
while he was cleaning his
gun but he was very careless
but he did not know that
there was any lead in his
gun. he got shot through
his left shoulder and we
left him at a house in
Osyka and left a man
with him he belonged to Co

“A” he was a new recruit
but i dont think his wound
would be dangerous if the
weather was not so hot
but i should not like to
have it on me and
then be left among strangers
but he may have the best
kind of care for all that
i know but he is better off
there than he would have
been to brought him along with
us for he would have bleed
to death before we got through
	Our Colonel has got
back to the regiment since
we have came here you
must write as soon as 
you get this and as often as
you can you must excuse
poor writing for i have a
bad place to write and a
very poor pen give my
respects to all no more at
present but remain your loving
husband	
		Wm. Eaegle
E.A.E.