Camp Morton
August the 1
1861
Dear Sister it
is with great pleasure that I take my pen in hand to rite you a
few lines to let you no how we are geting along we are all
well out here and hope these fu lines may find you all enjoying
the same blessing the boys landed here yesterday
we were all glad to see them they wil stay till we start
I gues we have marching order for tomorrow we will get are
uniforms in a few minets I do not yet no what we wil
go to I want you to rite often as you can
I wud like to hear from home every week there is enuf... I
want to hear how you are geting along I want you to do right and
rember to tell all the girls to rite I must close my letter
I send my love to you all live right and I will do the same
John Dean to
Mis Emley Dean