1863
Old Point Comefort Jan 3d
Dear Father and Mother
                     It is with
much pleasure that I again take
my pen in hand to write you
a few lines to let you know how
I get along   I am well as usual and
I hope this will find you the same
I receive your most welcomed and
ever prescious letter of Dec 26th
yesterday and it made me feel
the best of any one I have received
in a good while   I dont know what
the reason was but it hit me
just right to make me feel good
I received a letter from Prentice
and one from Alonzo at the same
time I got yours yesterday   I got a
letter from Stephen Coon/day before
			yesterday
so you see I get a good deal of news
from brookfield for the last 2 days

I am at the hospital yet and like
to remain hear a good while yet.
I am enjoiing myself first rate
now for I can skeddle all over now
it is just the nicest weather now
that I ever saw   real warm sun
shiny days   what for a day was
New Years up there   it was real
pleasent day down hear   I got them
mittens 2 days before I got your letter
they come all right   I thank you
verry much for them but I dont
know as I shall ever wear them   it
is so warm down hear   tell warrens
wife she is greatly mistaken if she
thinks I would deceive my father
or mother for I am all right   Jud is
not sick nor haint been since
he got over the measles and that
was before I did   he got a letter from
his mother and answered it day before
yesterday   he has got the itch   I wish

that he could have went with
his father   he haint got any money of
any consequence   he bought and eat 13
apples today and now he has got the
belly ake   they was the first that he has
eat of any consequence   I told him
better but he would eat them so you
see I am not to blame   Sam Bennet
has got well   Dorr Main is worse   he
is from brookfield   there is a man and
woman hear from brookfield   they come 
to see a man out of Co G   his name is
Babcock   Tell old gilbert that Jo is dead
and high is verry sick or was the last
I heard of him   no you kneed not send
me any postage stamps for I have got
quite a number and some more money
to by more with.  who is it that has bought
Dans place   write all about him   what
did Mat have his auction for   Pa you
know more about that money than
I do (direct the same as before

no I dont mistrust who got
that dollar   yes there was a paper
around them socks you sent me
I think Daniel is a smart boy
there was a man died hear last night
his name was Smith   he was in 
the 114 reg   no I haint heard a word
from Capt Tucker since he left hear
ma I have got to be 1/2 democrat   there
is a man down hear that can hate
a nigger to death 80 rods   they dident
carry of nary one of my handkercheives
I change my cloths once a week the contr
aband does the washing   ma that
letter I got yesterday was first right only
not quite long enough   the rumor is
how that we start for Texas a monday
but I dont think we shall   I am going
a clam diging when the tide goes out
well I have wrote about all that I can
think of this time so I must close
write as soon as you get this   this
from your ever loveing son Galutia
York to Zebulon and Lucy York
read this if you can   write a long
letter for I love to read them
Frank Sanders is verry sick   he is
out of his head   yes you wrote a good long
letter but not quite
long enough   you can see I am greedy
how much did they get for dans place
do you want to know what we had for breakfast
it was pudding and molasses bread and butter
if I should go to Texas you would not
get a letter from me for 5 or 6 weeks for I
could not have chance to send a letter   that is
the reason that Aunt Amanda and frank
gilberts wife dident get a letter from from
Steve and frank