Camp Douglas August 14, 1862

Transcription of Letter

Camp Douglass

August 14 1862 (my birthday)

Well

Mother I just got your letter the captain brought it up to me. There is 50 men here in and the captain stays down town recruiting but this morning the captain came up and says he a lot of men down town enough to make the company number 117 men. I know all the men in the company here first rate men they are. Last night one brought up a box of peaches to sell but the acting colonel will not allow any green fruit to be sold here but he let him fetch in the peaches and told him not to sell any. At nine we went to bed I got sleep pretty quick. In the morning when I woke up the box of peaches was empty and in my hat I found 3 nice peaches. The men after we went to bed the man bought the peaches of the fellow and had a treat the men in our tent only and saved me 3 for nothing. The more I see of the captain the better I like him. I wrote to Ed this morning and put a slip in for you he will give it to you the captain has taken it down town to the post office before I got this wrote. He will take this down this afternoon. We got 17 uniforms yesterday the acting officer here when the captain is not told me off one side not to take any of them for they were old ones. The rest we will get as soon as the quartermaster gets them. The bounty we will some time this week then a cheack of $50 goes to Brooklyn. My likeness I will send with my clothes. The Lena boys are all well they all like it. I bought a box of segars yesterday and peddled them out and made 21 cents. I have bought another box to day the man waits till I sell them out for his pay so I can money to spend. We cannot get out unless we get a pass sentinels are posted all around the camp. They let in visitors and peddlers of milk pies (good pies to) etc. I will now stop now I want you to write to me as soon as you can. So Good bye.