Devalls Bluff Ark. Apr 3d 1865
	         Dear folks at home
		    The camp is
all busy getting ready for. General
Parade. to day I am excused from
duty by the doctor. So I shall have
a [illegible in original] time to write.
I have had a hard time with the diarea
I thought I would let it wear off by
[illegible in original] but I found it was
weaning me off, I tried opium
and evrything recommended, but still
it grew worse, (the mail has come in
they say I have a letter). Glad to receive
yours of the 23. continuing Alberts
letter.
I got so low I could hardly walk
to the rear. it comes very hard to get
up nights and walk 15 rods and back
The doctor gave me diarea medicine

for a number of day without any
effect only to make me feel worse.
  But yesterday I began to mend
and I am better to day. I hope 
I shall not have the [illegible in original] diarea.
A great many have it, [Jo Brownhall?]
has has it ever since he has been here
he has not done one months duty
The army is a bad place to be sick in.
Four or five of the squad that came
down before us have gone to the
bone yard, as they call it. Most evry
day we hear the funeral march.
I expected that you would move on
to the place. from the first, I shall be
supprised to see a new house. Look out
for the ague. By the way there is [illegible in original]
in our shanty from Niles who had the
dumb ague a year and one half.. he
doctored with 5 or 6 doctors but they did
him no good, where passing the steps
of a hotel one day a man called

to him and wanted to know what was
the matter with him. After examining
him. he told him he thought he could
cure him. in 24 hours he gave him a
number of kinds of medicine. Page went
to bed, in the night he thought he was 
dying & sent for the Doctor. When the
doctor came in he laughed and
told him he never would have the
ague any more, he has not felt it
since. The doctors name [Benine?]. he is
in niles now
I received the things you sent, when
they were brought in I could hardly
sit up, the Shugar was good. I gave
the boys a taste all around, the soap
came in play as shaving soap. the army
supplies washing soap.

The collars are right,
We can buy almost anything here
but at an enormous price.
I bought a quart can of blackberries
for the diarea I eat a few and gave
the rest to the boys, they were very poor.
I bought 3 lbs of good dried apples,
at 33 cts per lb. they make good sauce
but I dare not eat much 'till I get over
the diarea. I bought a few potatoes at
10 cts pr lb. I think they help my diarea.
the Rebs tore up the track a short
distance from here yesterday, the cavelry
[illegible in original] in a few. Guerillas now an
then. a side from that all is quiet.
The veterans circulate all kinds of 
reports in camp to secure new results.

Soldier's letter Orlando Keyes
Chap V Regt.[l?] P. [M?]. 12 Mich vet Inft[cut off]

	Ed. Warren .
		Three Oaks
			Berrien co
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