May 12th 1862
Monday morning before Breakfast
Diana we leave here Tuesday
night at nine oclock and arrive
at Wheeling Wednesday morning,,
if nothing hapens to us,, We
will Probley not be to gether much
longer for as soon as are company
is fited out they will be sent around
to guard small towns,, And take
bushwhackers Our Company is
Color barar of the Regt,, Co, D,
Yours untill death
the guards are Bill Tell
going to Sandusky with sesh
Bill
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We draw two months pay
to day we are all going to
Express it to Fred Hall you
will get yours of him we
will send it to morrow if
nothing happens The Report
is that another boy of our Co,, is
Dead died at home in Farmington
His name is Tomas Hall Brother
to Sarah Hall,, he left here
sick last week 5 of our 60,,
is in the Hospital now
Good by Diana
I am going home
Bill