Written from Camp Sullivan, near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Has been on picket duty and camp guard. Describes a skirmish of some men from his regiment at Snickersville, where they had no revolvers but only carbines, most of which would not fire; many of the man involved were taken prisoner. Describes the departure of various other regiments that had been in the same camp.

Envelope postmark largely town away but may be Harpers Ferry. Addressed to "Mrs. Jane Lockwood, Watkins, Schuyler Co., N.Y."