1863
Brashear City Apr 29
My Dear Brother
	     It is with much
pleasure that I once more take
the opportunity to write you a
few lines in answer to your most
welcome letter of Apr 5 which I
received 3 or 4 days ago and should have
answered it before had I not just
wrote.   I am gaining and enjoiing
myself an am in good spirits
and I hope this will find you enjoi
ing the same blessing   it is verry
hot weather down hear   it haint like
our hot weather up there   it is hotter
and a steadier heat and it grows
hotter everry day   the moon casts a
shadow south   our reg is all back
in camp   they was sent back to drive
back stock and they did drive some
they began to pick up their drove

just as soon as they got started to
come back and they took everry thing
clean in the cattle line   remember
it was the rebs   they took it
and when they got down hear they had
between 2 and 4 thousands mules and
horses about 4 thousand head of cattle
and sheep goats and hogs to numer
ous to mention   they took everry
thing clean and they got 3 thousand
hogsheads of sugar and molasses
any quantity and 2 or 3 hundrad
thousand dollars worth of cotton
there was 2 other regiments started
back at the same time that our did
but they come a different way so they
haint got in yet but I persume
they will feach as many cattle and
horses as we did   our reg starts
again in the morning   the rebs
has met Gen banks and stoped
him and he has sent back after

reinforcements and our reg has got
to go again   I dont know whether they
will take the tents and all of the
baggage or not   if they do take it
I shall go with them but if they stay
dont take it I shant go for I am not
able to stand a march but I guess
that banks will start them without 
my help   this is going to be a death
blow to rebellion   Capt Tuckers health
is verry poor   this jaunt about used
him up   Leieutenant searls is
in the hospital at Neworleans sick
the most of the boys stood the
march first rate   Dan is well   he
got a letter from home last night
uncle steve is well   he wrote home
to day   Jud is sick with some kind
of fever   I cant think what kind it is
I guess he will get along   I forgot to say
that uncle steve was verry lame yet
you can make preperations to have
a dance for I shall be to home next
fall to attend it but I shall

have to take dancing lessons of
you a good while for I think that
you have not got to be a perfect
dancer yet but I guess that we can
make it go some way.  I am ten thousa
nd times obliged to you for that fish
line and them fish hooks   what did the
line cost   it is a nice one   it will
hold any fish that I shall ketch I
guess   tell ma I got a letter from her
last night that she wrote to me the
11th of Jan and I got one from you
that was wrote about the same time
it was the one that emily wrote in
they had got to be rather old but I
never have got any of the papers

Luke is having rather hard times haint
he.  I guess you haint had a verry good sugar
spring this year.  Oh Henry I would give
2 shillings for a good drink of water out
of that spring over in the sandure lot
we dont get no good water to drink down
hear  that is what gives all of us the
diarrhae so much.  well I have wrote
about all that I can think of this time
so I must close   direct to Neworleans,
La.  write as soon as you get this.  have
you began the springs work yet ___ ___
some of the boys got into an old still and
got pretty ___ while they was gone but
as soon as the officers found out they knocked
out all the bearrel heads and spilt it   they boys
waded in rum up to their knees   they spilt
5 thousand barrells in all   the boys said they
should judge well enough for this time   this
from your affectionate brother Galutia H York
to Henry C York   I send lots of love to you all

good by for this time