Camp Benton
		Feb 11th 1862
Dear friend i recieved your
letter to day and was glad
to hear from you we are
almost all well at present
and i hope this will find
you all the same Jim woodruff
is at the hospital he was down
here yesterday and he stayed
a little while and then he
went back, when i go to [dances?]
you see i am up all the
time and when i am on
guard i stay on two hours
and then i am of four hours
that is what makes me so sleepy

but i have not been on
guard since last Sunday
so i feel middling well to
night we are having some
of the best kind of music
here tonight, you said some
thing about (pale face) i cant
say any thing about him
only i am sorry for (you)
i dont believe she will tell
Willard her dreams, but
maybe she will and if she
does you can get will to
tell you about then probable
he can tell you more than
i can for i dare not write
her dreams in here for
fear of some ones seeing it
you wanted to know what i
done with your likeness well
i can tell you i left it at


    home in my trunk locked
  up so i guess it will be safe
until i come home, the reason
why i did not come in to your
house that morning that we
left was i expected to come
home again before we left
but i did not come an i 
expect it is all for the best
Wm Hulse is dead he died last 
Thursday but we did not hear 
of it until Sunday he was
at the hospital some eight
miles from here his things is
agoing to be sent home by
express he was buried in his
uniform all except his 
overcoat which will be sent
home with the rest of his
things there has been five died
in our company since we came
here


Rachel sent a letter to me
and she said that you told
here that you had that tin
sixpence yet and she wants
me to explain but i could 
not, we just got our appeletts
to day to put on our shoulders
me and Abe is a going to 
get our pictures taken on horse
back after while and send them
home i have seen your picture
two or three times since i
came away i want you
to write as soon as you
get this excus poor writing
and spelling, and all mistakes
from your friend  Wm EAEGLES
	to                    3rd Mich. Cavey
E.H. Daggett                          [illegible in original]
N.B.
    it is very muddy here now
    and not cold it is almost
    like spring here now but it
    may be cold again but i expect we will

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leave here soon for the south