I will answer your letter of the 25 I was very glad to here from you I hope this will find you as well as I am at this time. they are stakeing off camp this morning it looks as tho we was going to stay here some time we got on the cars at Chattanooga and went to Athens we got their a bout 3.. in the morning the rebs was a round not very far off their We 2 regiments stationed there and when we got their

they was all gon we didnot know but what the rebs was their wating for us some whare their was more of them their we went in to the fort and stayed their til they come back and then we started for this place it is 35.. miles and we marched it in a day and a half and it rained all the time the last 15 miles was pike we only rested twice I think that is marching hard. We have counted it up and since we left Atlanta we have marched ..400.. miles and wrode on the cars 150.. we have done the hardest marching on this trip we ever done. I think if we keep on we will git so we can

march 50. or 60 miles a day.. All of our corps is here. now the .2.. division come in this morning..
     Well I hope you will have a good time over in Iowa I guess you can sell that land I dont think I would like to live their as for hitching to any one I cant see it yet if it is any thing like the US.- servis I want to be counted out 3 years is all I can stand and to volunteer for life would be wors. I think you had better let Russel have it if he will give enough for it I would rather have land in Ills. I think you can look

for about $1.00 in a month from now.) You will git tired of reding this so I will quit Write often to your hopeful in the army

H H Maley

To: Wm M ) E A Maley

tell Charles [i.e., Charles H. Maley] that I got that book he sent to me)