Near Port Morgan.Alabama Dear Friends: Aug 14th (1864?)
To day I received two letters. one from Almeda and one from Mother. the first from home since the 29th of June. I wrote an answer to that on the 9th of July as then I concluded not to write untill I got a letter. So to day I have to two and will answer both in one.. Since I wrote my last letter (which was at Baton Rouge) I have been touring around some. about the middle of July we left Baton Rouge and went to Algiers lazed there about two weeks and started for Mobile we landed on an island near the mouth of Mobile Bay on which was Fort ganeo.. The Gun boats run past the fort up into the Bay and out of their git out. and our men on the Island advanced up within 3 hundred yards of the fort and built breast works. they (the Rebs) lazed in the fort a day or two and found there was no get out so they surrendered without any fighting. A Colonel & 11 hundred men a number of large guns were in the fort. we are now within half a mile of fort Morgan. right acrost from fort Ganco on a Penisula. we have a General & 8 hundred men in the fort and no get out. we are planting some big siege guns and are going to shell them out if they do not surrender in a day or two. after we get the fort we are going up to Mobile which is about 30 miles. the boys are in good spirits no one in the Regt been killed or hurt yet. our force beside the fleet number about 4thousand comdy by Gen Granger. the mail is going out in a short time so I will have to cut my letter short. I have no ink and have to write with a pencil. don’t know as you can read it.. I was glad to hear from you and hear you were well. Almeda wrote a good letter if I had time would like to write an answer to it but this for all. and you will have to excuse me till after while You spoke of having my shirts & shoes about ready to start. send them along I will except them any time. I will have to stop I will write again after while. the Boys are well as usual. My best wishes to all Lu Carhart.