1863
Fortress Monroe Jan 7th
Dear Brother Henry
	          It is with
great pleasure that I once
more take my pen in hand
to let you know how I get along
I am well as usual and I
hope this will find you the
same.  I received your most welco
med letter of Dec 31t yesterday
and I was glad to hear that
you was well.  I am enjoiing
myself tip top for they have
got us all out in tents where
it is mor healthy than it was
in the hospitals   we have got good
beds to sleep on and plenty of bed
cloths   it is pretty cold down hear
to day   it is pleasent but the wind
blows from the north verry cold.
the rheumor is today that we

start for Texas in the corse
of 8 or 10 days.  they are going to
place a guard around this hospital
today so that we cant skedaddle
there haint no one run away
from this hospital yet so I
dont know why they should
be afraid of our running away.
I got 2 letters besides yours
yesterday   Jud got a letter from
his mother yesterday.  he haint
had a letter from his father yet
nor haint heard a word of him
them 12 aples that Jud eat
made him sick and he has
just got over it   you say that
you can most Uncle John playing
checkers   well I haint found a man
but what I can most playing
checkers and I beleive that I
can most you now   whad do
you studdy this winter   do you

studdy anything mor than
you did last winter.  there is some
brand new schollars comes from
where Dan lived dont there.  I than/k
you verry much for eating that
turkeys leg for me but I should
like to have been there so that
 I
could have eat it for myself.
I can tell you what men want
to enlist for if you dont know
it is to get their bounty and
then skedadle   thats whats the 
matter.  no I haint picked me
out a wife yet nor dont
think I shall untill I get
down to texas where they are
a good color.  when I get down
to texas I can have all of the
oringes that I want to eat
for they are first ripe and
there is plenty of them.  there
was some of Co G men of 114
went out the other day and
killed an alligator   skined
him and brought his hide
into camp   they was on Ship
Island.  there was 2 of our boys
got a box of things a piece from
home the other day so I get
all that I wanted to eat out
of 2 of them.  if I have a chance
I will make a ring and send
you before I start for texas
did all of Pres boys run away and
come home   if they did they mad a
pretty good hall if they dont get
caught.  how does your colt look
this winter   is the morgan broke
to lead.  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 the same
as before   I remain as ever your
affectionate brother
                      Galutia
write soon