Capt. Jacob Swartzlander

Capt. Jacob Swartzlander

                                Camp 104th. Pa. Vols.
                                Jacksonville, Florida,
                                August 8th. 1864.

Cousin Han,
            Probably you would
like to know of my whereabouts,
therefore I will drop you a
few lines. I am away down
in Florida now and have been
here five days, enjoy good
health and do not suffer so
much from mosquitos as
some do who are so unfortunate
as to have more sensitive flesh
than I have.
I had the usual amount of sea-
sickness coming down from Hil-
ton Head, came down on the
steamer Delaware, which run
aground in the St. John's river.
had to unload her and take another


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