Dear Father and Mother

I will write A few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope this will find you all the same. There is but little to write and you nead not expect much. The oppinion is I beleve that the 62.. Ill will be musterded out before long I dont think we will get home much before the 4 of July and maby not that soon You nead not look for us until you see us comeing L H Waters [i.e., Col. Lewis H. Waters, 84th Illinois Infantry] said that he thaught we would start home in two weeks I dont

believe it he has told to many such things and they didnot come true. he said last night he wanted us to drill so we could make a good show when we got to Springfield I dont give A cuss A bout makeing A show of my self I have done enough of that dow here I dont think the boys will try much when they get there I can drill well enough. I got A letter from C. A. Harrah the other day he said he was running the store by him self Johnson and family are gon to Leon on A visit of 2 or 3 weeks. they are paying off the Vetterrons this week some say we will git two months pay but I cant see it yet. I dont care A bout any now I would spend it all

And it would not do me any good. I think I will get A bout $25 on clothing this year I have only got to the amount of $11.48 cts worth in this year and from the 1 of March we are allowed $42 a year for clothing and before that we only got $42. clothing has come up it was on the account of Govnerment imployies they would buy up a lot of it and take it off and sell it they made more money that way than they did any other way and they have put a stop to it. I dont suppose you have put in a crop expecting me to help any with it I am A fraid I will not be worth much to you. I will quit. write soon.

H H Maley

Wm. M. And E. A. Maley