1863
Brasier City. Apr. 21.
My Dear Father and Mother
            It is with much
pleasure that I once more seat
myself to write you a few
lines in answer to your two
most welcome letters which
I received at the time I was
writing to Henry.  I am on the
gain   I have got so I can
enjoy myself and take comfort
a souldiering once more.  and
I hope this will find you all well
and a doing well.  It is real hot
weather down hear.  It is a tough
time for the army that is a
fighting   our men have compl
eetly rowted the rebs   the rebs
are under full retreat and our
men ar tight to their asses

catching now and then 40 or 50
and making prisoners of them
our men took 800 horses and 
mules from them the other day
and they was sent down hear to
Brasier   our men have mad them
skedaddle out of Franklin and
out of the salt works and out
of everry hole they have come to.
the 114th. has been into 1 battle
and the General said there want
another reg among them that
done so well and fought any
better than they did and there
was over 50 reg.  that is saying
something for the 114th. haint it
there want any of Co. G. killed or
wounded but there was 2 of them
tired out and come back to camp
day before yesterday.  ther was 3 or 4
men killed out of our reg and 6
wounded

(I have made a mistake and wrote on
the rong pag) If our army is a success
full all through this expe
dition as they have been so far we
shall see home before next
hop time and god knows I hope
they will be.  there has been over
1000 prisoners sent down hear and
some of the handsomeest mules
that I ever saw   our army has taken
thousands of hogheads of sugar
they have taken their batterrys and
their artillerry and finerrally about
all they have got and the last I heard
from them they was waiting
for a bridge to be built across
a river wher the rebs had crossed
and then burnt the bridge
so that our men could not
follow them   that is 100 miles
above hear.  You wanted to know
if I had been homesick  no home
sick is not my name  not by a long shot

but I should like to come home if I could
get my discharge.  you kneed not be
afraid of making me uneasy for I know
just what is what   if I was homesick
know noing how quick I should drop
I have got good courage yet and I calculate
to stand the storm   it wont be long
we shall anchor by and by   so dont
worry any more about that.  yes when
I feel well I enjoy myself as well as
I expected before I left home.  yes Uncle
Steve appeared to be glad to see me when
he come down to the mud hole   I dont
think that Jud wants to go home as bad
as Uncle Steve does   Jud appears to be conte
nted   it seems clever to have any ones relation
with them some times but not all times
the reason of that long letter being mailed at N Y
is because the mail steamer had got started
for N Y and the letter was put on board and
want sent to Neworleans to be mailed.

no if I should get a discharg they could not
draft me.  yes I have plenty to eat and
a good place to sleep.  I have done my
own washing all of the time untill I
got with the reg. and now the wench
does it that goes with the co.  I have
bought me a jack knife for 10 cents
it is a ripper   I have wore my socks
some   my mittens I haint wore at all
they ar only a bother.  well I have wrote about
all that I can think of this time so I must
close   write as soon as you get this  direct
to Neworleans, La.  I remain as ever
your ever affectionate son   this from
Galutia H York to Zebulon T and
Lucy F York.  I thank you verry much
for those kisses
I send lots of love to
you all
                  (love)

if it would not cost to much I would like
to have you send me a little peice of maple
sugar   I have got me a fishhook and line   now
we cach some fish hear that weighs over 15
                                      pounds

where does Uncle John work this summer
Dan and Uncle Steve has got over the
consumption for they haint had it.  have you
heard anything from Uncle George yet