Camp Belger  Oct 8th 1862
Dear Parent
         It is with great
pleasure that I take this
board on my lap to answer
your most welcomed letter
of the 5th which I received
to day   I was verry glad to
hear from you once more
and to hear that you was
well   you wanted to know
if I was well   yes I be and
have ben eversince I have
been hear excepting I had
the diarrhoe twaice a little
Uncle Stephen wrote that
name on that picture
for me   I should have
wrote it but I caught it
just as I was a going on

guard and I wanted to send
it with his so he wrote it
so that's whats the matter
yes I have to sleep on the
soft side of a board everry night
you dont suppose I would ---
sleep on the hard side when
the soft side comes just as
cheap do you   you wanted to
know if there was any thing
that I wanted   yes I want a
little money to get my boots
tapped with   that is something
that I didnt calculate for   for
I suppose that Uncle Sam
tapped our boots for us but
he dont   The soil down hear
is verry coarse sand and
it wears shoeleather the
worst thing   Them taps that
George put on are all gone

and the bottoms of a good many
of their shoes ar all gone   I have
got money enough to last
excepting that   ma I want you
to get me a pear of good yarn
mittens and when I want
them I will send for them   that
is all I want   you know
which way is north south east
and west is on the map   it
is the same on that picture
the soldiers stands east and west
our company is second from the
east   you can see some men right
in fron of the columns   the 6th man
is Capt Tucker   the 5th man is Sirls
and the 4th is Underhill and
I stand pretty near the left
flank of our company   I am verry
thankfull for those letter stamps
you send me   no there dont no

one have to read your letters
but myself   There is noone
any business reading my
letters   I sing the contryband
son the most of any   I will sing
that for you ma   That is bully
it is quite sickly now hear   ther
has 2 died in this regiment
and about 20 in the hospital
dan has got smart again   george
davy is quite sick   I dont know
when we shall be briggaded
but not untill we get together
again   I got a letter from Uncle
John today   how do I spend my time
when I am not a drilling   I spend it in
reading writing fixing my cloths playing
checkers and setting on my dogs ass
well I have wrote about all that I can
think of now   so good by for this time
this from your most affectionate son
Galutia York to Zebulon York
Lucy York
		
	Henry how does
	flying childer do now

write as soon as you
get this

dont be afraid of long letters
  please write as soon as
you
get this
  direct as before