Thursday june 4th 1865
Dear wife
I Take the present
oppertunity of wrighting
you A Few Lines
To informe you that
I am well at prsent
hopeing this few Lines
may find you in
the same state of
good health and
fother we are getting
along prety well
But we have got
in A great diffy
Culty with the
6 corps they came
down and [?????]
on our division [yesterday?]
[page 2]
and we Catched 5 of
them we run the
bayonets into them
and they say they
are going to charge
on our redgement
fore helping to catch
them so we half to
put out pickets
every night to watch
fore if they come
we half to fight
them ore Leave our
gates our redgement
is very small just
now the one years
men Left yesterday
and our kernal
and major aint
to harris burg A yesterday
[page 3]
But i dont know
when we will get
out meby not
untill august Beign
as it is a [re tern?]
or gun [??????] and
faoher th 6 corps vol
[eyed?] on the 11 pennsylvania
[?]tley the other night
and th guards shot
[7?] of them bad
on the spot and
Las knight their
was 2 of our
Corps went to Rob
a man that was
discharge and our
guards catched
them it was right
at our redgemmet
it ant safe fore
aman to Leave his
[page 4]
Redgement eather
day ore night
there is as mutch
danger hear as at
the front I think
their will Be war
among our selvs if
th thing keeps
going on this way
Long But I must
Close fore this time
So no more at prsent
But pleas answer
soon and [hear?] i
will send you and
Little nora something
to read now pleas
answer soon fore get
it not From your
Dear Husband Samuel
Cauler Louisa Cauler