Civil War Letters
of
Chauncey Simmons

          Neworleans  Barrick hospital
               Aug  the 4th  1863
  Dear friends   I will rite
a few lines to let you now
how I am geting along   I think
I am on a gain and
I hope that theas few lines will
find you all well   I wallk
around some but not much
our regiment is going of on
an expidition again to galveston
I spose they are wayting for
transports to take them of now
they have ben on a tilt every
since the first of april and they
keep at it yet I think they
ought to let them rest some
now and take some of the rest
of the brigades for a while
for they have had a fairly tough

time of it   they have ___
still about one month
since the first of april
things is some ___ than
they was before the ___ was
open   this hospital is fool
again and running over   why
dont you rite to me   I have
not had a leter from you
in a long time   you now
that I cant rite much
for it is all that I can
do to set up iney at all
wee have got a bathman for
our ___  he is pirty good
one I think   how do they git
along drafting up there   tell
me who is in the york
tell them that there is
not much to do now   it
is lite buisness and a
few more men will make
it so much liter and

the soner it is done
the beter it will be
for they are all of the
time fortifing more and
more   how does marth like
to work for ole one eye   how
does ___  ___  git along
does Charles Cole ___ ___ ___
has father ben over to see him
yet   how does ole bill git
along   is he tough now days
tell that old frend to
rite to me and let me now
how the young folks git along
how does harry git along
well there is not muth more
to rite now as I can think
of and I am giting tired
to so I gess that I will
stop where I am for the
present   this is rote with
a gold pen and a trembling
hand   when you git this

pleas rite   if I do
not git it tell all of
the inquiring frends if
iney that I give them my
best respects   this is to
one and all so goodby for
the present
      Chauncey
      Simmons
     Neworleans
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