Baltamor Md
January the 9th [1863]
Dear father I sit down to Wright you a
few lines to let you Know that I am
in prity good helth or good as Could
be expect and I hope these few lines
When they Cum to hand Will find
you all injoying good helth pap I
got your letter of the 5 last evning
and Was very glad to here from
you and to here that you ar all
injoying such good helth I am
very thankful to you for the
money you sent me for it caim
in very good pley you spoke
of Dick Haul [1] a being sick
in the Hospital here in Baltamore
I do not Know Whair dick is
for When We caim here from
Harpers Fery it Was 12 oClock
at night
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I thought that I Would have
got to go out in the City
to day but I Could not get
a pas I Will go out romorrow
and if dick is to be found
in the City I Will find him
and do the best I Can for him
I am very mutch suprised
to here that Dick is so bad
for he Was about as Well as
Common When We got her I think
very likly that his
Diseas is the head pluracy for
he had a spell of it When
We Was at the Fery he Was very
mutch trubeld With a pain
in the head I have not herd
one Word from Dick since We
Caim here but you may rest ashhurd
that I Will see after him soon
and let you Know all about
him in short notice
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pap you sed that you have not
herd from the boys since the
fight they Was in I herd from
them to day and they ar all Well
their Was not a man hurt in our
regament their Was 3 kiled and 12
Wounded but they routed the rebs
With Considrbel los I Would like to
see the [boys?] very mutch myself
soldierng is getting to be an old song
for my part I am getting tiard of it
it appears to me that it is no use to
fight for is does no good and this thing
of turning the dmd Nigers loos I dont
like the next letter you Wrigh tell me
What kind of Wether you hav in ohio
this Winter We have the nisest Kind
of Wether here the Wether so Warm
that the grass is green and nise
I Would like to bee in ohio this Winter
so bad their is a great meny leavin
her for home on discharges
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I dont know that I can
think of eny more gust
now you must Wuright
soon as you get this
So mor this time
But sir your most
obedient servent
Joseph Diltz
To mr Sidny milledg