1862
Chesapeake General Hospital
	             Dec 7th
Dear Parents
             It is with much
pleasure that I seat myself
once more pen in hand
to write you a few lines
to let you know how I
get along   I have got so I
feel first rate but I am
pretty weak yet   I am enjoi
ing myself tip top   I have
got so that I can talk but
I am pretty hoarse   I dont no
whether I can ever sing any
more or not but I hope this
will find you all well and
enjoiing good health   I wrote
to you a week ago last friday
and have not received any
answer yet so I thought I

would write again for it
has been over a week since
I wrote and I think I did not
write the directions right
and I dont think I shall
get your letter   I haint got an
answer from either of them
letters that I wrote when I
was at Fortress Munroe
they have followed the regi
ment   I shall get them when
I get to the regiment   the fleet
has gone   it started last
thursday but where it has
gone is more than I know
we shall follow in the corse
of 2 weeks   there is about 20
of Co. G hear sick with the
measles so you see I haint
the only one left behind
Joseph Gilbert died this
morning   he has been sick

about 6 weeks   his lungs
was all gone   he is out of his
misery   Folford died the other
day out of Co G and his
brother is verry sick with the
tiphoid fever   jud has got
well   he knows less and less
everry day he lives   I dont know
what he will do by and by
we have real good care took
of us   our nurses name is
bully and he is a bulley to
you had better behave
I am in the brown cottage
in the seventh ward   it is a
beautiful place situated
on the sea shore and in
sight of the city of hampton
that the rebbels burnt   it
was a verr large city   there is a
large oister bed about 1/4 mile
from hear   Dave Loomis says

that he is going to show them
a pear of clean feet when
he gets well enough   well
I have wrote about all I can
think of now so I must
close   you must write as
soon as you get this   write
all of the news for I want
to hear from home   dont
be afraid of long letters for
I can read it if it is fine
Pa you must write to me   this
from your ever loving
son   Galutia H. York to
Zebulon T and Lucy F York
I will see if I can write
the directions right this
time   direct to Chesapeake
General Hospital Old Point
Virginia
that is all you
want to put on