San Antonio Texas
			Oct 15th 1865
Dear Wife

	      I now seat myself to write a
fiew lines to you in answer to your      letter
of the 25th of last month which i recieved this
morning. it found me well. and i hope when 
this reaches you it will find you enjoying good
health. the mail came last night but i did not
get any letters until this morning. i am not with
the company. i am at General Gibbs Head quarters
Orderly for Capt Sheppard he is the Generals
aid-de-camp. he furnishes me a nice horse
to ride. and i do not have but very little
duty to do here. the most that i have to do
is to see to his things and when he goes out
i have to go out with him. i do not have
any guard duty to do now. nor any roll calls
to attend. which gives me a chance to have a little
rest. when i am not on any other kind of duty
which is not all the time, like it is in the 
company.
	I should like to have came home the
night that you was at the apple cutt over to 
fathers. i think i could have had some fun as
well as the rest of the young folks. at least i should
have tried. and i might have got a chance to
went home with some of the (gals)
	I expect when you get to Husking
corn that you will make every thing fly. but
you must do your work good if you dont do near
so much of it do not do as some girls do
husk one ear and leave two.
	Every thing is very still around here to 
day and i have not had anything to do yet and

i guess there will not be much for me
to do unless the capt goes to the city.
	The General is almost as large a
man as the old man Levy but he will
get on a horse as quick as i can. and
he is a good rider to he does not make
a practise of riding very fast when he is
not in a hurry.
	When you write again you must
speak your mind if you have anything
that you want to tell to me. just speak for
i had rather you would speak your mind
than to keep anything back from me
and if there is anything wrong going on
there just let me know and i will see
if i can help you in any way. but 
i think that i will get home before many 
months more rolls around.
	I recieved a letter from [Lois?]
the same time that i did yours. Steve Gillson
got one from his mother she thinks that
Semour Burrows is going to marry one of the
Castor girls and frank Castor is going to marry
jenette Burrows steve says that will just be a
change. the weather is very hot in the
day time but it is quite cool at night. there
has not been a hard rain storm since
we have been in texas and that is about
three months. now i must close for this time
write as soon as you get this and as often
as you can give my respects to all. no more
at present but remain your faithful husband
			Wm Eaegle

E.A. Eaegle