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                 Washington June 14th 62

Youi will see by my sheet of yesterday that

I was forced to close rather suden so I take

the oportunity to finish this morning.  it is verry

warm and pleasant here you speak of having straw

berrys  I had some here in the first week in may

cherrys are ripe here now and peaches soon will be

we have verry good times here now we have no

guard arround our camp our Col said that we

had done enough guard & picket duty when we

were out so he would not put us on here now and

give us a chance to recruit a little  there is many

of our boys that are sick we have had to bury

many of them sone we buried in bark coffins and some

in their blanket those that we have buryed here have

been put in good coffins we had to bury one of our

company his mame was Forman Taylor the

last honor we could do him was to discharge our farewell

shots over his grave he had one little girl now an orphan

I have been around to see our sick this morning they

made verry comfortable now the women in the

hospital take good care of them

                       We were payed

two months wges yesterday you need not send

any more stamps for I can get plenty of them here

and as for money I have 80$ with me now. I shall