States that he hopes he can stay at Benton Barracks for the remainder of his service in the war. Transcription: Benton Barracks St Louis Mo Nov the 9th / 63 Dear Father and Mother It is With plesure that I take my pen in hand to Write you a fu lines to let you know that I am Well as usul I now am now in Benton Barracks 4 miles North West of St Louis Warf With my Co my Co is the 7th Co 2nd Battallion Invilid Corps We are Station at this place I expect to stay untell our time is out or untell We get our Discharges though thare is nuthing Surton about soldering though the supposishen is that we
States that he hopes he can stay at Benton Barracks for the remainder of his service in the war. Transcription: Benton Barracks St Louis Mo Nov the 9th / 63 Dear Father and Mother It is With plesure that I take my pen in hand to Write you a fu lines to let you know that I am Well as usul I now am now in Benton Barracks 4 miles North West of St Louis Warf With my Co my Co is the 7th Co 2nd Battallion Invilid Corps We are Station at this place I expect to stay untell our time is out or untell We get our Discharges though thare is nuthing Surton about soldering though the supposishen is that we will stay here it is an nice place I am Well Satisfide With it I hope that I Will get to stay here that balence of my time out it is as plesent a place as Jefferson Barracks I assure you that I am well pleased With the change We come here on the 6th my helth has been improooving every Since I come out here I begin to think that I will gane my helth if I stay here when I rote to you before at Alexander Barracks I had begin to think that I Was not going to get Well soon and I thought that that It Would be better for me to try to get a Discharge and come home but my helth is improveing I ges you my may postpone Comeing untell I see Wether I can get Well or not I Would be glad to see you so glad that I know if you was to come that I Would go home With you and that is one thing that I do not Want to do unless I could go to stay With you as long as I pleas and leave When I Should wanto I Would be Willen to come home on them kind of terms and no other! another thing I look at a good deal I have surved very neer 15 months in the army and if I Was to get a Discharge now I Would luse my bounty for the law Says positively that no Soldier have any bounty When he is Discharged unless he shall have Surved for the period of 2 years the other 9 months of my time will soon roll around and then if I can get my Discharge I Will come home and Stay When I get thare for I am thurly Satisfide that I
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