Division Hospital 9th Corps
				Oct 8th 1864
	Dear Mother. I recd your
letter of the 20th yesterday just as I was
                                                       was
going to my Company for Pay and ^ well 
pleased with your Photograph. and very 
glad to know that Alvah has taken
hold as well as he has I think he
has done well. and am very 
thankfull towards him for his
kindness. still I feel it is
no more than right for some one
to take hold and do something
now. for I have let my Pay
all go thus far perfectly free.
and will get if it is necessary
still I feel as if I aught to lay
a few Dollars by. for myself if
I live to come home and I feel
as if the time was [rooling?] around
fast it is only 10 months and 

two days. And as our Officers are
all resigning as fast as they can
I am going to try to get a Detail
so as to keep out of the Company
the remainder of my time for if we
are Consolidated and put in some
other Regt for the remainder of our
time, it will not be very Pleasant
	I was very Surry to hear of Miley [Hulls?]
Death. I received a letter from his father
today asking me to forward him $5.00)
five Dollars, that I borrowed of Miley
when we were at Home
   and as I have just recd some
pay this morning I shall send it
still it does not seem right to loose
all I have comeing to me and have 
all Iam owing to pay but I think Honesty
is the best policy, and act accordingly,

[Written upside down on top of Scan 3]

My Ancle is doing well
                                Mother

	[End]

	Well Mother I will send you
$50.00. fifty Dollars which I wish you
to lay by with my (100) dollars Bond
if you don_t want any of it to use
I think some of sending Home
to have a [pair?] of Boots made and
if I do you will have to pay for them
out of this I suppose. I will see
in a few days what I want to
do and then write again
    I shall send the Money by express if
I can get a chance to send it to City
Point. But I must close I will
write again soon
	I remain Your Affectionate
and most Obedient Son
	       B.F. Marsh