US St. Johns College Hospital
Annapolis M D
June 8 1863
Dear Wife
Your letter of the 3rd is received and i am glad to hear from you once more and that you are all well I was sorry to hear that you had herd such bad news of me but thank god i am among the living and improving as fast as can be expected under the circumstances of my wound my helth is gitting better and my wound is healing fast…