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Sept. 25th, 1862
From: Silas Gore
Address: Camp Whipple
To: Friends at home
I take this time to let you no that I am well and hope that these will finde you the Same I am on adva(n)ce garde tb day I have good times here we have not had a march in Scene time that leter in the argus described our IMl-ch truley onley thare was mor fell out than he Stated but I stud it well and carred t(w)o guns we have had Some harde marches Since then but I have Stud them dll well and I hope I Shal (remstin) here
big guns here nowe I sepose thare (they are?) Salutes I think this will be plaid out by next Spring but I donte no I Shal come home when it is and not before for I want to See the last of if and I hope I Shall Soon that Semes to be the opinion of all thare is a grate forse here we cant loock amiss of camps here we are kept closer than I want to be but I can Stand it for I have Got to I Slip out Some times but donte get found out for I donte Stay long I would like to live here if it was peasable times for it is nise land here but no fenses to be Sene they have ben all toock for wood I have dug and chopted we cut down the timber as hi as we could I Sepose it was to ceap the rebels from coming through thare that was near fort Eatin Allen. capten J P Spalding is our mager Marcellus Said he would not be Capt and he was right about it tell them all to wright to me and I will to them as fast as I can I am getting to lasey to wright much but will as much as I can we get enought to eat nowe but we have had Short ratteins
Some times all the boys from our plase is well I have Sawe Sam and Mat Archer and other olde Solger that I was aquanted with they all wante to get home they are all Sick of it we have not got our bounty yet but I think we will Soon I have no monney but unkel Sam gives me anoughe to eat. no more at present
Yours
Silas Gore
Tim Traver
tntraver@bigfoot.com
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