(Baton Rouge La
	(june 4th 1865
Dear Wife
	I now seat myself
to write a fiew lines to you in
answer to your three which i 
recieved to day they found me
well and i hope when this
reaches you it will find you
enjoying the same good health
and all the rest of the greenbush
folks. there is strong talk of
our coming home soon now.
and if the order is true that
came in the paper to day
we will be home by the fourth 
of July. for the order is for
all the western troops to be
mustered out by the [18th? 19th?] of
this month. and I hope it
may be true for i want to

come home now worse than
i ever have since i have ever 
since been in the Army.
ever since the war has been
over i have been anxious to
get home for there is nothing
for us to do any more down
here. there was some talk that
the colonel wanted to keep the 
regiment in the service as long
as he could. and the men
have petitioned to the governor
of our state to call the regiment
home as soon as possible.
	I recieved a letter
from will to day he is
at knoxville Tenn yet and
was well when he wrote he
did not write a very long
letter he said that he had
not heard from home in
about ten days.
	When we left Mobile

we left one of our company
there sick and we have just
got news to day that he is
dead. he died the next day
after we left he was not
from our county but he
was a fine young man he
has a brother-in-law in the
company is all the relation that
he has here that i know of.
	There was about one
hundred and forty (140) of our
regiment mustered out a fiew
days ago and they have gone
to new Orleans now to get their
pay and then they are coming
home. George Mowat is one of
the number. the weather is very
hot and dry here now there 
has not been any rain here
for three months and there
is no signs of any soon
but the crops looks well the

corn is out in silk
here now. we are going
to leave here in three or four
days and unless we start for
the north i shall express some
money to you before we leave
here enclosed you will find
a photograph of one of our
company that was gave to me
to day now i must close
for this time write soon and
often no more at this time
but remain your loving husband
		Wm. Eaegle

E.A.E.