Carrollton Louisiana — Sept. 17, ’63
near New Orleans
Dear Friends
I received a letter from you the other day dated at one place Augst 18 in another Agust 23 another Sept 30th. I was very glad to hear how things were mooving.. I would like to be up there a while to see how they look wearing their Butternuts.. I expect I would get into a muss for I would pull of their Butternuts from them.. It would make no diference if it was a Girl. I thing Lousa Manter is getting rather Bold.. I should think the Girls would hoot her out of Society.. I would not belong to that party if nothing more than because she belongs.. it they had a few more like Capt. Carpenter in Ohio they would disperce with the Butternuts.. I suppose you know about his whipping Horace Hubbard & Old Starman Boy.. the best thing that ever happened in Delaware.. Capt Carpenter is going to scout for our troops.. his is one of the best scouts there is in the Army.. he was here to see some of the Boys in our Company the other day..
I suppose they had a great time at the Picnic at Garys.. Isaac White said he saw Almeda & Mother there.. I should like to have been with you. I am very sorry that you have been misenformed in regard to my position.. you said in your letter that you understood that I was Sergeant..it is faulse. nothing of it..at
all..
it seems that Father is getting kinder Boyish you said in your letter that he went out hunting the other afternoon and did not get Back in time to go to the Union League. I expect he took my Dog to hassle the Rabbits. you must take good care of my dog Frank, and feed him well. You spoke of going to a …Picnic and having a great time.. I expect we have more going on here every day.. Carrollton is about 5 miles from New Orleans there is a railroad that runs from one to the other and there is a train that runs every hour. there are 3 or 4 stopping places between Carrollton and Orleans.. we are camped about 1/2 a mile from Carrollton clost to the stations where the train stops. we drill one hour in the morning & one in the Evening in Bayonet & Exorcise in the middle of day and we have nothing to do but to ride round in the cars. we get on the cars at the station and go to Carrollton free. got to Orleans for 10 cts. there is a railroad runs to Lake Ponchertrain from Carrollton 10 cts. to go there.. we get a good many rides on the cars. but they dont get much for it. the 13th Army Crops have all moved from here but our Division it is thought we will stay here for a while.. we are going to draw new Tents. Ellie Finley has been detaled to the Pioneer Company.. the Boys withe me are well and lively. there are three of us left of the old mess.
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I got the letter you sent the Postage stamps in. You need not
send any more now. I can by them here.