Camp Dudley, March. 29. th
Ever Dear Father and Mother
              It is with a great
deal of pleasure that I take my
pen in hand to write you a few lines
in answer to you most welcomed
letter of Feb. 1t and 11th which I received
last saturday and should have answered
then but Ihad written you the day
before.  You cant imagine how
well it made me feel to get a letter
from home once more   it put new
life right into me.  I am not verry
well nor haint been for 2 or 3 days   I
am threatened with the fever but nuthing
dangerous I guess.  I suppose we start
for the reg. tonight or in the morning
I suppose that we are off now sure ___
I like to have forgot to say that
I hope these few lines would find you
all well and enjoiing yourselves tip
top but I suppose it will do just
as well now
           you see my mind is
           flostrated
               turn over

I got one of your letters that you sent
to Old Point but the other one and
Henrys I never got   I suppose they are
to the reg   I answered the one I got   no
I never got the paper you sent.  I understood
this morning that the boys have been
doing some big fighting up to
Vixburg --and they say Washington--
--is taken--   it is real rainy nasty
weather down hear now   it rains
most all of the time   it is getting
to be pretty warm weather down
hear.  I have seen corn up 6 inches
high and sweet potatoes kneehigh
that is doing pretty well for this time
of year.  the best of cows dont give
more than 2 quarts of milk in
the best of the season   haint that
a ___.  I walked down to Fort
Jackson 5 miles below hear
and back which mad me 10 mile
which is the farthest I have walked
before in over 2 months.  I had
some good warm biscuit and cabbage
hash for my dinner

but it was more than I had
ought to have done for I have not
been verry well since.  Jud is well
he eats his 12 oringes a day (when
they dont cost nuthing and that is about
everry day) and then lays in his tent
and stinks worse than any old fatting
hog   he is the most noted stinker
on the camp ground.  have you ever
got all the letter that I have sent
you   I have sent you 5 and henry 2.
but I have not got an answer from
either of them and have allmost
given up getting any answer from
them.  No you kneed not send me treats
letter for I shall write to him before
long   has he got to be any higher in
office than he was when he wrote
before.  Pa have you got all of your logs
and lumber drawed   how does ___
look this spring   did you have a great
deal of snow in the latter part of the
winter (Pa privately has Dudley got an
other heir)

how is provisions up there high or
low   what is all the folks about up
there now   be they making much
sugar.  I wonder if Dudley will get to ___
this summer.  did Uncle Tom come
over afishing this winter.  is he going
to ___ around so to do any thing for
you this spring.  well I must hurry and
finish this letter for the mail is going
across the river tonight   write as
soon as you get this and tell all of
the children to write to me for
I would like to hear from them
and you if I cant see you   direct
to Neworleans, La.  write long
letters.  I would have got at this
and written more if I had of
felt like it.  I remain as ever your
most affectionate son
                Galutia York
dont for god sake worry about
me for I shall take just as good
care of myself as I can and I shall
come home again I am pretty sure
for I feel it in my bones and
I am in hopes the time is
not far distant.  I am not
homesick at all.
This from Galutia H York to
Zebulon T and Lucy F York   love

excuse all mistakes and poor
writing and I will try to do better next time