[illegible in original] House
	     Chicago. Sept. 15.th / 63
My Own Darling.
		     Here
again in the “Garden
Cty of the West do I
find myself
	I am traveling
under Orders _ Am
to report in Person
with important Govt.
Dispatches _ to the Adju=
=tant General of the
State of Minnesota
at Saint Paul.
     Shall be Compelled
to pass by my own
home _ darling with-
-out stopping until said
Dispatches are de-
=livered _    Deloss is 

here He was also
bearer of Dispatches
for the commandant
of the Post of Cairo
_ and took a leave
of absence to visit
his friends _ on his
own hook _ he says
give Emma my love
and tell her that 
when I return from
Minnesota _ He
is going with
me to Michigan
He is a “Gay _ Boy”
and I know you
will like him much.
	After delivering
my Dispatches I
shall _ go to my home
from there to
my Darling Emma


	I have a miserable
pen _ but you
will Excuse the
writing _ Deloss
and I will be 
there sure in a 
bout two tweeks
Be agood girl
God bless you
Emma
     I remain as ever
	Your Own
	      Loving 
		       Mark