Annapolis Maryland
		           August
			   4th 63
       Dear sister once more
I take my pen in hand
to try and write you a
few lines to let you
know how I am getting
along I am still able to 
be about but not quite
as well as when I last
wrote to you we left
Frederick the next day after
I wrote that letter and
we went to Boltimore
and sunday we came to
anapolis where I am at presant
and shall probily stay for
some time yet my wound
is healing [crossed out] [up] up some
but after trying to convince
my self and other folks
that the bone was not injured
I was obliged to confess it
was for I had four peices
taken out one morning and
I am afrade that it will
be some time before it
gets well but I hope
for the best I have not
received any leter since I
came here which will
be three weeks next sunday
I have not hered from our
regiment since I left it but
once and then I herd that
it suffered conciterable
the day that I was
wounded our captain was
hit in the knee by aspent
ball the same day you
must excuse all mistakes
for my hand trembles so

     that I can hardly hold
     my pen as well as ashort
letter
   John [Hocom?] the young
man that used to live
with Mr Flints folks
is here wonded through
the hip he belongs to
the fifth Infantry he
says that [two words illegible]
is first Leiutenant
Give my best respects to
all please write soon and
let me know how you
all get along
		Please direct
to U.S. Army General
hospital Annapolis,
		Maryland