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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