Camp Pendleton
Dec the .25. 1862
My dear Parents
I received a letter
from you a few
days ago which
came in dew season
just as i got Back from the
march my helth isent
quite as good as usal i have
got a bad cold sleeping on
the ground though i am
getting over it slowly how
is your health and all
the others i hope well &
i suppose before this time
yow have hurd the perticulars
about ower experdition for
i have hurd so out here
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now i wrote all the knews
bfore so i shant have much
to wright this time & now
you wanted to know if i
had bin paid of agian
i was today and expect
to again in two or three
weeks i shall send home
twenty dollars this payday
and i want you wright as
soon as you get it i got
pay for two months now
wright soon witht Love
to all wright soon

with Love
From from
James

i had one from electa
[2 ]the same time i hed yours she sent hers and sumners picture
you send Fathers and yours