Bowling Green
			Atkins Kentuc
				        ky
Feb 15th 1863 Bowling Green Ky
		Dear Pa & Ma
	it is with pleasure
that I sit down to inform
you of my good health and
I hope that this may find
you both enjoying good health.
I riceived your verry welcome
letter of the 10th and was glad
to hear fom Home once more
I was verry thankful for the
Postage Stamps which you sent
me. as pa wanted me to write
more about the war I will tell
you why I have not it is
this us Soldiers are Kept in
the dark about the war. I am
glad you have plenty of fruit and
eggs. I wish I had a few of them
myself. we get verry few such
things here in the army

and they are quite a rarity
green apples are [$5 ½?] per Barrel
and eggs 25 cents a dozen. but
flour is cheap it is $4 per Barrel
dried applies are 20 Shillings
per Bushel and other things 
in proportion Salt is $6 
per Barrel and folks are glad
to git it at that price. Pa
thought that I had Better 
live on hard tack and Sow 
Belly. but if he had lived on
it as long as I have he
would want something else
it is rather precarious Living
our Bacon fairly stinks some
times. Give my best Respects
to Uncle Georg aunt Eliza &
Willie tell will to write
me a letter and I will
do the same by him.
have [Duck?] write to me as
often as he can and I will

answer all of them with 
pleasure. Tell Tyson to write
to me once in a while. I
never Reicieve a letter from
him yet and I have wrote
him two. tell alice that I
will write to her as soon as
I can. who was it that sent
me the new York Ledger
tell them that I thank
them for it and will
be thankful if they will
send me another.
have Ellen write me a letter
and I will do the same
by her I will send you
$10 dollars by Mr Oliver Abel
he lives 1 mile west of
Perry [center?] he is a good man
I will Send you $10 more
in another use it and
pay me the intrest on
it now as I have no

more to say I will
Stop Good bye Ma 
send me your Likeness
from your ever true and
Loving son I G A