[Written upside down on top of Scan 1]

     I will write as often as I can get
time the 2d and 3d Brigades are out on a
Scout and our Brigade has all the picketing
to do and it keeps us buisy Escuse this poorly writen letter
			Truly, Yours, Othniel

	Camp Park May 16th 1863
Dear Lucy
	       once more I take my 
pen to write you a few lines
I received yours of th 7th yesterday
I have been on duty most all
the time lately & have not had
much time to write and I
beleive I have not writen
much but will now write
you a few lines to let you
know that I am all right
I was glad to hear you ware
well & the rest of the folks
the rest of the boys have gone
out to drill this afternon
I got excused from drill not
because I am scick but
what some folks calls lazy
thats whats the mater ailes
me I was over to see Gust
		   over

a few days ago he has got
so that he is on duty in
the Hospital acting at [illegible in original]
shoul think he was enjoying
himself very well Wells Spange
us in the same hospital he
is very scick Frank & myself are
agoing over to see him tomorow
if we can get a pass Franks
Health is improving and he begins
to look a little as a soldier
should he seams to enjoy himself
first rate especialy when he gets
a letter with fine hand writing
on & he gets them often (& they
all look Mooreish) I guess if
Frank new what I am writing I
would get tumbled.
whats the mater with shell 
			[illegible in original]
Thorp is thare anything ^ with
him I guess he has the blues
I wish I could receive a
picture of some good looking
Girl I dont know but yours would answer

we have moved our camp Since
I last wrote have moved into
	          woods
a nice piece of ^ and close by
a first rate Spring and we
are having some of the nicest
weather you ever saw beats
Mich.. all to nothing corn
is up 8 or 10 inches high the Sun
beats down very hot for alittle
while in them idle of the day
the nights are cool we have
had but very little rain this
Spring & it has been first rate
weather for soldiering I like the
buisness a goodeal better than
I did in the winter. would
come Home now if they would
give me a discharge but
dont care much bout
suppose I should be contented
till the war is closed [illegible in original]
which I dont see much
prospect of very soon. I have
towo or three more letters to answer & shall


[Written on the right-hand side of Scan 3]

have to close this