Gaston34

Transcription: 

June the 16 th 65
Catharine there is severel
of the boys comeing home I will
I will not be at home until
I am Payed off and that
will be next Thursday it would
cost me five dollars to come
and the stay would be so short
that I dont think it would
pay I got a letter from you to
day and I see by that you are
well I am not very stout but
I feel better than I did when
I got here Will is comeing
home he can tell you all
the nuse I will not write
any more at this time

Hugh Gaston Catharine
Gaston

Date: 
June 16, 1865
Collection: 
Hugh Gaston Civil War Letters, 1862-1875

Author(s)

Hugh Gaston
Unit: 
97th Indiana Infantry (Co. A)
Rank: 
Corporal
Residence (County): 
Greene County, IN

Recipient(s)

Catherine Gaston
Residence (County): 
Greene County, IN

To

To State: 
Indiana
To Municipality: 
Solsberry, IN
To County: 
Greene

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Angela Stanley
Transcription Date: 
May, 2015
Proofer: 
M. Ellis
Proof Date: 
February, 2016

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