PetersBurg va August
the 29.1863
Dear father I hav the pleasure
to drop you afew lines to let
you know that I am stil on the
land of living and ar geting a
long prety Well I was Wound
ded at the battle of Gettys Burg
Pensylvania on the second of July
I Was Wounded in the right thigh
near my knee With a buck Shot
I cold not Walk eny for a Weak
I Was left to the mercy of the ene
my I Was taken prisoner I Staid
their until the eighteenth and then
i Was sent to Baltimor We Stopt
ther one day and knight and
then We Was sent to new york
I Was put on Davids Island a
Bout 30 miles from new york
and their We Was kept until
the 24 of August I was Peroled
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and sent to Peters Burg va I am
in the South carolina hospital at
peters Burg my Wound is do
ing tolerable Well it S[t]ill run
ning yet it Wil Bee som time
Before it Wil be Well it is
Wors than it Was three Weaks
ago the yankees treated us
very kind Was at the Best hos
pital in the united Stats their
Was 26 hundred of us their I
met up With som of my auld
friends their thomas hampton
and John Mccury and J M
hill is all their they hav all
lost a leg hampton is nearly
Well Mccury Was very
sick I dont think he ever
Will get Well his leg has not
heald eney yet hill Was nearly
Well But he fell down and hurt
it But i think he Wil soon get Well
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hill requested me to rite you
to let his sister no how he is
he is a Brother to Robet Bells
Wife you can tel them that
he geting along very Well I
left him at davids island new
york you can tell hamptons mot
her that he nearly Well I think
he Wil get home soon Mccury
has the fever their Was But
one of my company With
me that Was B J Hutchison
he is nearly Well their is a gr
at meney more their that you no
S W calahan is dead and John
William wakefield is dead he
Was Wounded I recon you hav
herd from the rest since i hav
i hav not herd the regment sinc
they left me I am going to try
to get a furlow to go home
the yankees Burnt all my
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cloths and shoos But they giv
new one in their place But they
sent me Back Barfooted I got
a pair to day i had to pay
25 dollars for them every
thing is high hear I am goin to an
other hospital at farmvill
va I Want to get home But i
am afraid i never Will get
home gain i Want to hear from
home I Wan you to right Soon
as you get this and giv me all
the news Direct your letter to
petersBurg va S C hospital
Ward third I cant go to the
regment til i am exchanged this
leavs me tolerable Well and
Hop When you get this it may
find you all Well I hope to
hear from you soon nothing more
Daniel Boyd to Robert Boyd