Camp Mc Kim
		Baltimore Sept 8th, 61
		Dear Brother & Sister

	It is now about 6
oclock it is all stir 
everybody is up on their
[tops?] I am well there
are A good many of our
men are sick very sick
it is more on account
of eating all sorts of green
rubish that is sold in 
camp than anything else
I will give you A graphic
description of our camp also
our journey here Friday we left
Kalamazoo by way of Detroit
left Detroit Friday eve. 9 oclock
for Cleavland by Steamer we

                                 ay
arrived in Cleavland Saturd^
morning about sunrise took
the cars for Pitsburg arrived in
Pitsburg at 9 in the evening
left at 1 took another train
for Harrisburg arrived at Harris
burg the next night at ten
slung our knapsacks again
got off the train were drawn
up in A line our mess chests
were opened received our
rations took supper on
the ground that is the 
way we do every day we were
carried over the road in A hog
train from Pitsburg to
Baltimore we arrived in
Baltimore 11 oclock in the
morning we made A great 
deal better time than we
expected we started Friday
arrived in Baltimore on 
Monday when we got to

Baltimore we were marched
                                        d
to another depo put aboar^
another train for Washington
after waiting about 3 hours
we got A despatch & were next
                                              s
ordered to sling our knapsack^
again were again marched
through the city of Balti
more without A single 
gun we were loudly cheered
everywhere I have not seen
A single Secession flag since
I came here Baltimore is
one of the finest places
in the whole country we
can stand in camp &
look all over the city down
the Bay see Fort Mc Henry
Federal Hill also another
Fort from here it is 7 mi 
from here down the Bay
the we have not as yet gotten
our arms we we have A lot  

of [illegible in original] ones to drill with
our camp is on A high piece
of ground in the 8th Ward the hotest
secession ward in the city our
guards are once in a while [stirred?]
one of the guards shot at A
				ng
man night before last for stonei^
him did not hit him 
how long we will stay here I do
not know yesterday they were
fighting at Arlington Hights 
our men took Munsons Hill
I hope we will have A [brush?]
with them you will give 
my respects to all I was
married before I left to Carie
you know who of Grass Lake
give my respects to all Direct
yours to Sergeant Surdam
Baltimore M.D. Co. K. 6th Reg
Mich. Infantry good by 

Sergeant, Surdam