25th 1861
Dec 	
Camp Benton
	
Dear Sister i now
take my pen in 
hand to inform you that i am 
as well as usual and hope these 
few lines will find you the 
same i have been at work 
all the week on our regimental 
Bakery and i am very tired but 
i thought i would try and 
Say something we have got into 
our new quarters to night and 
we find them a good deal more 
comfortable then our old tents 
were it has been some time 
since i have seen or heard 
from you i thought i would 
try and let you know where
i am and what i am doing

i am in maryland and 
in the United States 
army a as you may
term it a soldier
of which life i like
very much although
i was a little home sick
at first on the account of being
Sick but since i have got well
again i am as tough as a bear
and i am twenty pounds heavier
than i ever was before in my life
you may think it strange to hear 
this kind of talk but it is the
fact and we are only forty miles
from washington and about one 
	                       Edwards
and a half miles from  ^          ferry
and two miles from poolsville 
where we go to do all our trading
we our company was on picket
duty about two weeks ago and
we had a good time of it although
we had to our work nights and

lay still in the day time or run
around where we was a mind to
and i have formed some new
acquaintances i have not had any
letters from bill yet nor have
i sent any as i do not know to
where to direct to him Since
alice wrote to me and jim is in
lapeer yet and will stay there 
this winter i had a letter from
mary this week and she was as 
well as usual and had given
up coming to mich this winte
and will stay where she is 
the nearest railroad is from
twelve to sixteen miles from
where we are Stationed and
our teams run there every week
and it takes two days to go there
and back there is no news of
any importance to write at
this time but look out
for all the news that i can 

get hold of it will take
the most of this week yet
before we will be fairly settled
in our new quarters and then
i shall have a little more 
time to write if i Should
want to i cannot think
of any thing more to write
and now i i will begin to
think of drawing this to
a Close No more at
Present 
and so good Bye From your
Affectionate Brother
		Roger Noble
P.S. Direct your letters
To Washington. (Mich
7th regiment Volunteers