Tell Mr Boyces folks to write to
me

Chattanooga April 21st 1865
To Mrs C Baker I received your•
letter the 17 with pleasure I .
was glad to hear that you and
your family was well I was. sorry
to hear that Mathew was dead I
thought a good Deal of Mathew .,
an. All his friends how bad father
                    must
Moodys folks have felt when they
heard of his death I feel Sorry for
Miss holms for she must mourn
his loss more than all others I .
heard the Death of Jackshon Woodsans
Woodmasy I felt bad to hear
that he was gone but in this world
we are liable to sickness and Death
the word of God tells us that it
is Allotted unto man once to Die
after that the judgement I am
still trying to live in the way of
religeous but I have not the

priveliges here that I had when
at home but I looking to time
when I shall return home &
have promised God that iff he
spares my life I will live more
faithfull in his service than I
yet have done you wrote you had
many a good talk About me I
my mind has not been idle I _,
thought many times of the good
meetings i have enjoyed my prayer
is that you will keep up your
prayer meetings I was sorry to
hear that you could not keep
                                 say
up your metings and disapponted
in your preacher you wrote to me
concerning Solomons grave I did not
know that he died down here if you
know the Company and Regiment and
what time he Died I wish you would
write to me then i can go to the
Christian Commisson and find out
there where he was buried

Tis generally thought in army
there will not be much more
fighting it is the general bleif
amongst Officer and Soldiers
the general Beleif is we go home by
1st of October my health is good
I have been well ever since I came
down here as could be expected
my labor is very light I have
all reason to be thankfule that I
am not placed like a good many
others of my felow Soldiers that
have to have long marches and 
short rations my living I have
no reason to find fault with
Ahough Some times i would be.
glad to be at your house and
eat some warm Buiskett and " '.
Butter we get no Butter in the
service without we pay ours 
own money for it ours living 
is Bread and meat we get coffe
from 2 to 3 times a day

Asa is here with me he has
been unwell a few days he
has got over it we have had
some very warm weathe here
the trees have been out in full
bloom things are as forward here
as they will be there in june
tell the Children that I have
not forgotten them i send my'
respects to uncle Moody folks
and all enquiring friends
write to me as soon as you receive 
this i am very thankfull to
hear from my friends may
the Blessings of God rest
upon you and your family
this is from G W Gordon
Erwin agreed to write to me
he knows that i cannot write
if he will write to me i wil1
Answer his letter when I am
cast Down it Cheers me up.to
hear from home every time the mail
comes I look for a letter