Brasier City Apr. 14th. 1863
Dear Brother Henry
              It is with the
greatest pleasure that I seat
myself to write you a few lines
in answer to your most welcome
letter which I received last saturday
and should have answered it before
but I had written a letter to our folks
the day befor and I thought it would not
do to write 2 days running.  I am gain
ing and in good spirits for I get
my raish of whiskey everr day and
it does me good   there is just enough
for 2 nips 1 at morning and 1 at night.
but I hope this will find you well
and enjoiing yourself.  I suppose you
have some pretty high times
up ther and I should have liked to
have been so that I could have
have been there but no so let it go

I have just been down to the wharf
to see some rebbel prisoners
that our folks took yesterday and
I tell you they was a hard looking
lot of human beings I ever saw
some bearheaded and bearfooted and
some hadent anything on but shirts
and pants and verry ragged at
that   some of them as tall and gaunt
as a grey hound   they look as iff they
might fight like tigers if they only
had the means that our army
has got.  they are having some big fighting
up the bay now for we can hear the
canons everry day and they sound
like thunder some of the time
and the smoke raises and rolls off
like the clouds in a thunder storm
I guess they are at it again for I can
hear the bulldogs bark.  it is an
awfull hot day for it wilts me some

the report has just come that
the 114. reg. has been into a battle
they fit firstrate   I haint heard
whether any one was killed or not
they are featching in prisoners by
the hundreds.  I should not think
that ___ would want Sidney to
work on his house for him   I should
think he would be afraid that he would
rot the timber drooling on it.  who was
it that got to twitting on facts and
what was the facts.  What girl is it that
you tote around   you did not say any-
thing about one so I have about mad
up my mind that you go about dry
you must excuse me for asking you such
hard questions.  yes I used the most of them
roots but they didnot do any good.  Oh, dear
brother how I want to see you and the
time is not far distant before I shall
see you all   if banks comes out ahead
in this great battle that they are fighting

it surely wont be a great while before
I shall see you and I think he will
come out victorious for he has got 50,000
men with him   I should like to be up
there helping you make sugar now.  Yes I
got the letter that ma wrote about treats
in and I got the one she wrote just
befor you wrote this one   it was the one
that had Irenes Adelberts and Delivans
in   I got it the same time I got yours   I will
answer them in 2 or 3 days if nuthing
happens.  Now my hands haint chapped
none this winter for the climate is so
hot they had no occasion to chap   well it
is getting to about bed time so I must
make up my bunk finish this in 
the morning   good night and a ducks
rest to you.  Apr. 15th what is the puzzle
that you have got on the checkerboard   if it
is to beet you I can do it everry time
I have played with a good many since
I have been down hear but I come out
bulley everry time   I have got to be a boss
playing checkers.  a fellow by the name
of barber broke my knife   I miss it
verry much.  well I have wrote about all
that I can think of so I must close
write as soon as you get this.  this
from your ever loving brother
Galutia H York to Henry C York.
      direct to Neworleans, La.
read this if you can.  so good by for this
                               time