Remount. Camp. Pleasent. Valley. MD
		March 5th 1864
   Dear Brother and Sister
With pleasure I take my pen
this morning to write you afew
lines to let you know that
I     am still blessed with good
health and I hope that these
few lines may find you in the
enjoyment of the same I got a long
very well on my return trip untill
I got to Baltimore and I
had to stay there from saturday
night untill monday morning but
then I started for Winchester and
got there by the time my
furlough was out but to late
to join the regiment for they
had broke Camp in the morning
and moved up the valley and
Sent all the dismounted men [crossed out] [up] th

and waggons back to harpers
ferry and I had to walk back
with the train Some 25 miles and
[crossed out] [now] now I am at dismounted Camp 
the place where all the cavalry
[play onto?] Stay to get rid of going to
the front    but I think that
I Shall leave here as soon as posible
I got a letter from george Since I got
back From the movements of the
army I Should think. that
there is Something done pretty
Soon in the neighbor hood of richmond
and I hope that it will be the
death blow to the rebelion there will
be some pretty hard fiting done this
Spring
     There is Some 20 of our company
here in this camp becides 12 or 14 [crossed out] [recruits]
recruits and there is 170 men for the
regiment I hope that they will Soon
mount us and send us to the regiment

      Please write soon and both of
      you write Since those [patents?] have
been disposed of you will have more
time to devote to your friends, for the
present direct to Remount. Camp.
Pleasent. Valley. M.d.
With love to all I remain as
ever your brother
		Gershing
		Gershorn W Mattoon