(Oct 22nd 1865
Dear Wife
	         I now seat myself to
write a fiew lines to you to let you
know how i am getting along i am well
at present. and i hope when this reaches
you it will find you enjoying the same
good health. i am still at Division
head quarters. but steve has been relieved
and gone back to the company.
the whole regiment has moved in
the city. it is about three miles fron
where i am to the city but i get
a chance to go there as much as
i want to. the General rode out
to day he started for the city but
before he got there he met General
Merrit and a lot more officers and
they all went back to a beer saloon
and they had a regular [illegible in original] i
expect they spent as much as one
hundred dollars while they was
there. and i should not wonder
if it took more than that to
pay their bill.

There is a great deal of
talk of our getting out of the army
this fall. but i dont see as much
prospect as i did a long time ago.
but there is something going on
for there was an order to relieve
all [one?] of our regiment that was
on detatched servier every where and
and that is the reason that steve
had to quit driving ambulance and
i expect every day when i will
have to go back to the company. but 
i hope they will let me stay here
as long as the regiment stays in
this place. but when they leave here
i want to go with them. when you
answer this letter just let me know
wether you have ever got those things
that i sent to jack pages mother or
not. for i have never heard wether
you got then or not but i know that
she got then all right. now i must
close for this time write as soon
as you get this and as often as
you can no more at present but
remain your loving husband
		        Wm Eaegle
E.A.E.