Written from Halltown, West Virginia, near Harpers Ferry. Expresses sorrow to hear that his father is sick. Thanks her for the box of fried cakes, apples, and tobacco. Notes that he had lost several stamps, leading to a delay in writing to her. He asks her and the doctor to write if his father gets worse so that he can try to obtain a furlough to come home. In a postscript he notes that the regiment expects to be joining General Kilpatrick's force shortly and that dismounted troops will be going to a different camp at Hagestown, Maryland.