DeValls Bluff Ark. Mar 15th/65
	Dear folks at home
 			I have a
little leisure and I will spend it in
writing to you. I have not felt like
writing before, We spent a hard week
at the mouth of white river. The
weather changed from very warm to
cold rain. then to blowing. finaly to
cold snowy weather we laid out
al the time. one night it was very
warm and pleasent when we went
to bed, at 11 it commenced raining
			      pile of army
Perry & I crawled into [illegible in original]
waggon boxes, and laid 'till it
got so cold we could not stand it
any longer, then we got up and walked
around in the rain 'till morning
The next day it snowed some and
at night it was cold & windy. we
built a fire in the woods. and lay by
that. I slept but little, I have not

been so cold this winter. I took
a very bad cold, the next day they
Set us loading a barge with
oats and corn. the boys did not
like to work, they [illegible in original] to drive some
of them with the bayonet, I did
not work not being hardly
able to sit up. The took us up
the river on [illegible in original] top of the corn
barges. we were two days coming
up. were glad to get here. I am
in [two words illegible in original] Hut. 8 X 10. five
persons in it. The two nights I have
spent here I slept well, and
feel considerable better, My lips
are all covered with cold sores
My nose some, and my mouth
inside, They are building houses
for the new recruits. I help some.
We all went into company E but
Sanders who is in com. C.
I received the papers that Ed sent

to Jackson.
I lost one of my new silk
hankerchiefs coming down
also my eye glass. The bottle of
acid that broke nearly spoiled
one of my new shirts,
I wish you would get me another
han kerchief and send by mail
take it out of my money there or
keep an acct of it. Also if any
of the boys are having boxes
sent by express, send some
dried beef and other good things
along paying the share of express
the boys say the express [illegible in original] here
is ten cents per lb. Evrything is
very high here. Butter is selling for
[90c?] pr lb; other things accordingly.
Our rations are a small loaf of
bread and what coffee (ready [illegible in original])
and meat we want. I don't eat
much meat, I nearly eat my loaf

of bread for supper last night, 
when we have not enough we can
buy for ten cents per loaf,
The duty here is prety hard,
but the regiment is in a good
place, the boys all look well.
We heard some tall [dutch?]
singing the first night.

I send a line to Albert
The third Mich Cav, is
down [illegible in original] I am going down
to see them
			F.P. Warren