Nov 24th /62
		Monday 12 oclock [M?]

	      Dear friends   at Home
the present finds me on
the steamer [Slos?] on the
Potomac River I left the
Hospital last Wednesday Will
Shaw was real smart and
doing first rate we marched
to Fredric and took the cars
for Washington whare we arrived
on Thursday night the next day
we went over to Alexandria
and thare we had to sleep in
small tents without any fire I
almost froze you better believe
will it is so cold here the
crows cant squall at any rate
and we had to sleep on the
wet ground the next day I went
and gathered some [weeds?] and
made a bed and slept on

it one night then started
on board the steamer Hero
down the Potomac went down
as far at the bridge our [men?]
[illegible in original] and stoped stayed on
the boat all night. no fire on it
and this morning we took another
steamer and [came?] down about three
miles and run aground and here
we are now waiting for the tide
to come in and I guess we will
wait all night. I don't know
as you can read this if you get
     it for I am [so cold?] I cant
write very plain the sun shines
very warm but the wind is
    very cold I hope we shall
see our regts soon we have 
some four or five Hundred
men on board for the 9th
Army [illegible in original] our men are
at Fredricsburgh Virginia


	Mother I want you to
          write and tell me if
Mr [Kidmis?] folks hear
from Isac for I have not
heard from him since we left
him on our march down in
Mayreland and George [Carnes?]
     I have not heard from
     him since we left Baltimore
I wish you would write as soon
as you get this and tell me
if you know any thing about them
      	and if our box of things
are thare yet I wish you
would get me a good pair of
Gloves or mittins and send
with it write all the news
tell me how you get along
    and direct the old way
	and as soon as I get to the
	regt I will write again
	    Good Bye    love to all  BF.M


three days later well
Mother I have go to my
regt [illegible] and found Alvah
    when I got to the regt
I found Gham Gamey Robinson
and he said their regt
was about 2 two miles
from us so I told him I
would go with him and
I found Alvah he is as
tough as a bear he looks
     like the same old boy
I stayed with him all
night gave him the watch
    I had traded his off
and got a better one
now I must close 
for the men are going
to the office with
the mail and as I am out
of [illegible] about one mile on
duty guarding [illegible] house I have
a good time Sarah you must write often

[Written along side and upside down over top of Scan 4]

in this I send you have [eaten?] of my [illegible] [pickling?]
please send me some stamps
as I have none

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