Military Prison Louisville Ky Dear Sister July 11th 1864 I seat myself this morning to inform you that I am well & harty at presant & I do hope this may find you & the children well we drew our money last Saturday the 9th & I was on guard yesterday or I should have writen sooner you see here is $10 enclosed which I send to you you know what it is for this is all I have to spare now but I hope soon to be able to do something more for Martha as soon as I get the money & can spare it you may be shure I will do my part & help her along as I can Mack wrote to me that he was with Martha & that she was to start to his house imediatly he told me to direct my letters to her that is to McLeansboro so I wrote her a letter & directed it to McLeansboro but I have not got an answer from it I cannot write to her for I dont know whether she has started or not if you will look in the office you will find a letter their directed to Mrs Martha A Brown, thats her I expect we will soon be mounted & go down in the Green River country to fight gurillas they are thick in our state & will soon ruin it if they are not stoped I have no news to write you you must write to me direct to Military Prison Louisville Ky 26th Ky A.V.I. Our duty here is prity heavy as we have to guard rebel prisoners I have not got a letter from my wife for sevral weeks she is down in Webster & the gurillas have got the mail stopt if Martha has got to your house tell her to write to me imediately you know as well what to do with this money as I can tell you I supose it is for your own use in the place of that which Mack gave to Martha I still remain your brother P. L. Hooker I have got the trembles & cant hardly write atall to Elizabeth Hooker _______________________________ Presley was McAllister's brother and was an officer candidate in command of african american troops at the military prison in Louisville, KY. They were corresponding regarding finances for the care of their sister Martha Brown. Martha would marry George Crabtree before the war is over. Patrick J. Anderson http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=patanderson 9654 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, Maryland 20723