Camp Benton
   Feb 14, 1862

Dear Parents,
	I thake this
opportunity of drafing
you a few lines and
incloseing my cirtiffica
 te
of appointment and a 
picture for Abram
You will see by the 
letter that I have wreten
to Abram that we
ecspect to move soon
I am well and hope
that this may find
you the same
Truly 
       Yours as 
             ever
Harrison Traphagen
This certificate
I want you to keep
and if I should [illegible]
[illegible] it any time send
to me