Describes his duties as an orderly, which involve carrying three buckets of water a day. Discusses wages for soldiers. Transcription: Camp Reynolds Pa May 28th / 64 kind Parrence With much plesure I seat my self to Write to you to let you know that I am well at this time hopeing those fu lines may Come to hand and find you enjoying all the blessing of of life My helth has been improveing, every since I arrived at this place that is after I got over the shok of the trip I am Well pleased With my Camping plase and with my burth I have but little to do my Lieutenant has favered me very much by g
Describes his duties as an orderly, which involve carrying three buckets of water a day. Discusses wages for soldiers. Transcription: Camp Reynolds Pa May 28th / 64 kind Parrence With much plesure I seat my self to Write to you to let you know that I am well at this time hopeing those fu lines may Come to hand and find you enjoying all the blessing of of life My helth has been improveing, every since I arrived at this place that is after I got over the shok of the trip I am Well pleased With my Camping plase and with my burth I have but little to do my Lieutenant has favered me very much by giving me a very lite task I am acting as his Ordly alll I hafto do is to carre three buckets of Water aday about three hundred yards and accasionly I hafto take orders from one place to another though seldem I have that to do and lite the lamp of an evening that is about the extent of my duty and if that is not little enugh for 16 dollars amonth I doant know it I sopose you have heard that soldiers Weges Was raised to 16 dollars per month Which is considerable, better though if they would cut down the officers Wegers and still add to the soldier $16 and make it $20 it would Cost the Government no more than it does not and Would be more like it should be you Would see the War over before three months thare Would not be so much of a speculation in the War then you Would see a pease in the short time and an everlasting pease too though I have more hopes of pease now than I ever have had since the War Commencd if our Grate Westeren General old Grant is successful at Richmond I think that it will be a deth bloe to the Sutern Confedricy though she stands yet like a faverful Jyent[giant] Strikeing her los[?] blowes though When she does fall in agony She Will fall for good and fall in to the hands as an enemy that I fear Will not show them ever as much quarters as they desurve thare is many inisent men in the South Which desurves to be respected With their saveran[sovereign] right
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