Well father I find
A few spare moments
to Write And let you
know that I was Well
I am in the Army
i have inlisted for thre[?]
months I joined the Company
at [beyan?] is Josephine
Well till her I send her
my best respects I have
verry good times tell
[2 illegible words] to write
tell him that paper is
very Scarcein the
Camp the camp is two
miles from the City
the Camp is Guarded day
and knight

We arrived here
A week ago yesterday
I Havent been outside
the camp Since
there is 4000 men in the
camp now We are Going
to leave [illegible word] Wednesday
they dont know whether 
we will Go into virginia
or Kentucky
tell Josephine to Write
Soon there is so mutch
noise that I can hardly
tell What I am Writing
the [area?] is verry
Dainty they only can
[serve?] thre tun of bread
aday one [illegible word] sugar 100

lbs [coffee?] 60 bushels
potatoes 30 bushels
beans one barrel of
beaf salt one barrel of
beaf freash
We sleep on straw feather
father how do you
Get alongWith
your springs Work
who is at Work for you
All write as soon as
you reseive this from
your son George W. Hewes

Direct your Letters
to camp tailor 5 regiment
F company Cleveland ohio
in the care of captain
fisher