Describes his plans to go home the following month if he receives his pay from the paymaster. Transcription: General Hospital 1865 Springfield Mo March the 10th Dear Brother I take my pen in hand to inform you that yore letter of the 4th of March came to hand this morning I was sory to hear that you had bin sick but as it has not hurt you much I supose it is the best there has bin about 40 cases of small pox here this winter and I thaught sure that I would have it but I have not I got a letter yesterday from father of feb the 25th his health is a great deal better and Malinda has a fine girl
Describes his plans to go home the following month if he receives his pay from the paymaster. Transcription: General Hospital 1865 Springfield Mo March the 10th Dear Brother I take my pen in hand to inform you that yore letter of the 4th of March came to hand this morning I was sory to hear that you had bin sick but as it has not hurt you much I supose it is the best there has bin about 40 cases of small pox here this winter and I thaught sure that I would have it but I have not I got a letter yesterday from father of feb the 25th his health is a great deal better and Malinda has a fine girl I think father is a spreading it on prety thick for an old man father says that the bushwhackers is a getting scarce up there they are a killing them everyday I think that I shall try to go home the first of next month if I get my pay the pay master is here a paying off the discharget soldiers here but whether he will us or not I dont know but I think we will I dont know whether it will be good for me to go home or not for my wife writes to me that she weigs 200 pounds and I dont know but that is more than I can manage but there is nothing like trying well I have left the wash house and the girls all behind and all the rest of the good things and now I am in the kitchen a making Coffe this is an easey task as have only to make tw twice a day the girls hated to see me leave very bad but they wanted two much waiting on with out more pay well I must close for the present write often and I will do the same excuse my bad writing and believe me yore dear Brother untill death W H Kesterson to Joseph Kesterson Sunday March the 12: 65 Dear Brother I will write you a few lines more I am as well as comon to day and I try to feel thanf thankful to wards the giver of all blesings for his kindness to wards me but this is a hard sinful world to get along in but I believe that I have kept about as straight as the most soldiers since I left home well I believe that we are not a going get any pa
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