Camp of 17 Mich Infty
		Detroit Aug 29th /62
			Dear friends be of good
cheer for the present finds us all
well and in good cheer although
we cannot come home we are
all ready to start shall be off
in a few moments I have got
part of my pay have sent home
$25.00 twenty five dollars by
E J Spaulding you can get it
by calling at Ms Havey house
I want you to see E.M. Havey
and send all my things by him
or some of the boys get my
old watch at Mr Shaws and send
it with the thes things you must see
him right away for they will 
come next week to join us
Mother you  must pay Mr [Williams?]
$2.50 two dollars & fifty cents and Bill
[Perry?] .50cts fifty cts and use the 
 rest if you kneed it and if

not put it out with Mr Smith
or M T Spaulding I dont care
which one ---- one day
take me both the steamer, may
[green?] and sailed for Cleveland
Ohio, we had a sick old time last
night for the wind was high the 24th
Mich Inftry and the boys for
the 8th and some of the sharp shooters
left Detroit last night the present
finds us all seated on the cars at
Cleveland and expect to start every
moment I don't know as I can
finish this this time but will if I
can I will write again when we stop
and let you know where to write to
them you can write to me
we drew our rations this morning
for four days which was a loaf
of bread and a hand full of meat
and two onions apiece you must 
escuse this poor writing for it is
so dark in the cars I can hardly see

and I have to write it on the
[hip?] of my [illegible] on my knee
which is a new [illegible] for me, I
tell you I miss my pen & ink
I have sent my letters by Mr
Spaulding which will get to Mr
Shaws with Wills. Billy is in
the same seat with me all in
good cheer I have just bought
fifty cakes with a bogus half 
dollar. I want you to be sure
to go and buy Mat Birdsalls
best  blanket and send with
the rest of the things no
matter what it costs for I cant
get any here but I have got
a good overcoat nomore this
time mother I hope you
are getting well Good Bye
		B F Marsh

well Mother as I have had no chance
to mail this until this morning I will
write a few more words to let you
know where I am this Monday morning
Sep 1st we are in Baltimore waiting for
a train to go to Washington they boys 
are all well I feel well except the
tooth ache which I have had now two days
I think it is the neuralegia this as the
first time we have had any time to 
write since we started from home
but it will not be so after we get
to our camp the War news are very
good here this morning as Stonewall
Jackson is captured with a large
number of his men nomore as the
cars are comeing good bye
		B.F. Marsh
	besure and send my things
	by some of the boys or by
	express I think you can
	send them by the boys