1 Fleetwood Benson May 5, 1865 1
Dear wife .......Co......Regt....Div........Army Corps.
1865.
I seat myself to day to let you know that
I am pretty well to day I had not been
well for two or three days I was sick at the
stomache and headache I am now well
and I hope when you receive this you
and the Children may injoy good health
we still remain here at norfolk
we have ben looking for orders to go to
Washington I think we look more
anchious because we would like to leave
this place we dont like it here the
weather is not good it is not healty
we wood like to move to washington or
philadelphia it wood be Comeing more
towards home it seems to go easy when
we go that way it is hard to tell we may
have to stay here sometime yet some think
think we may get home ? the fourth
of july but I Cant tell yet how it may
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