May 29th 1862

	Dear friend i
	now seat myself
	to write a fiew
	lines to you but
	it will be a fiew
lines for i have not
time to write an account
of this battle for i expect
every minute when we will
be orderd out and then
i will have to drop all
i have in my hands and
go and saddle my horse
we are all well at present
and hope the folks are 
all well in greenbush
the canon is roaring all
the time it sounds

something like the fourth
of July here every day i
think we will be in
Corinth in a fiew days if
we have good luck i should
like to know what Ann
Adams told you and i can
tell whether i said it or
not now i must stop
writing for we have to 
saddle our horses so no
more at present but remain
your friend
		Wm Eaegles
		to

		E.A. Daggett