(San Antonio Texas
	(Nov 22nd 1865

Dear Wife
	      I now seat my
self to write a fiew lines to
you. i recieved a letter from
you this afternoon dated Oct
29th it found me well and
i hope when this reaches 
you it will find you all
enjoying good health. you 
must not get discouraged
about our getting home for
i think that we will all be
on our road home before
many weeks. there is some
troops mustered out here
every day. there was one
Ohio regiment mustered out
yesterday and they are going
to start for home tomorrow

and next Friday there
is two more regiments
going to be mustered out
of the service. and i
think that our time will 
come next month
	I was in the 
city this afternoon and i
saw quite a number of
indians there getting rations
their chief was with them they
are a hard looking race 
some of them can talk
just as good as anybody.
and some cant understand
anything that you say to
them. i heard that you have
had some snow in mich
this fall already. and here
there is lots of roses out
in fall bloom. i dont

      hardly know what i
should do if i get home in 
the middle of winter. for
we have been in a warm 
country so long. but i would
try and get along in some 
way. I should like to get
home while you are out
at work some place i
would come over and see
you. i saw [Lem?] while
i was at the company
he is so fat that you
could hardly know him
and he wears some whiskers
	the General is very
sick he is so that he 
does not know what he
is about more than half
of his time. i think that
it is on account of his

drinking so much. he
went to the doctor this 
morning and ask him
to cut off a piece of his
finger. and the doctor told 
him that he had better
lay down a while. but he 
was bound to have a piece
of his finger taken off.
	As news are very
scarce i will close for
this time write as soon
as you get this and so
often as you can no
more at present but
remain your loving husband
		Wm Eaegle

E.A.E.