Patterson Park Hospital March 27th 1863. Dear Brother I seat myself to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope these few lines will find you on good health. I came to this Hospital a few days a go in order to get to the Regt. from here as all of the 9th H. C. Boys [asse webel?] at this point. But we have no transportation yet. Perhaps we may be here for wee heard again we may leave today it is very uncertain. I am very anxious to get to the Regt to see the boys again. I could get my discharge or I could stay here as long as I wish to (it is all in knowing how to do it. I have always been fortunate in getting along well in the army.) But you see I have been so long in the hospital that I do not like to go home now. In fact I am now as fit for the service as ever I was yet I could get my papers if I wanted to. all I wish for is good health in the future. I shall keep far enough from the Rebs gun I tated in my last letter to mother that my speech was comeing all righ again. The surgeons here noticed that the tubes were severely coated and by the use of nitred de silver and clorid of pot ash succeeded in eating it out my voice is rough yet but will soon wear smoothe they tell me. I feel like a new man. I mothers letter which I sent a few days ago I enclosed ten dollars for her use. tell mother if she wants any more not to be backward in telling me. Mother can have all the money she desires. I am going to enclose you $40.00. I have a little more to send but I do not like to risk it all at once. I am very anxious to hear from you all. I do not know whether I shall be here long enough to hear from you however please addrs at once to U. S. General Hospital Pattersons Parke Ward 5 Baltimore, MD Give my love to Mother and all the friends Your brother MS Glenn === Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, BAHS Class of 2003 Student Representative, BASD Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"