L. A. Hall writes to his niece Elva A. Woodward from Camp Stoneman, beginning with a printed version of the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Hall details his experience with the soldier lifestyle, noting that he has yet to see anything too bad, and that his regiment is ninety miles south but there are no horses or saddles for him to use to get there. Hall writes that Captain Jackson arrived Monday around noon. He continues by noting that he was on guard the following day, as well as served as Corporal of the Guard the day after. Hall concludes by detailing an event in which he was sleeping on a train when the guards hollered to wake up and jump, Hall woke up and jumped off the train, watching those who did not be killed as an engine struck the car they were in.
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