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George has gotten a ticket for Susan to travel from Kilbourn City, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois; plan to meet in Weston, Wisconsin.

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Received Susan's letter of the 29th; glad to hear that Susan had a pleasant journey home; weather has been unpleasant; J. K. started for Milwaukee on Tuesday; speaks of his engagement to Susan; believes a shorter engagement better than a long one; hopes for an answer from Susan next time they meet.

Scope and Contents Writing on the Sabbath; received two letters from Susan; made it home safely from Kilbourn; folks are well; J. Kellogg is getting better; Y. Montgomery has hurt his foot; Ack has company now; has not been well since Susan left; took Frank to the fair; Uncle Richard, Albert Fisk, Mary B. Fisk, and H. Mead went out together; has not sold his oxen yet; does not know if Mother will go on her trip; thinks that he will start somewhere around the 15th or 20th of next month; plans to write to Susan...

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Arrived at Raymond, Wisconsin Tuesday afternoon; folks are all well; went to Watertown, Wisconsin; had good luck, but Frank went lame; Frank has been in the barn since Tuesday; does not have much time to write; times are hard; tells Susan to not answer his letter because he does not know where he will be next.

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It has been a long time since he has heard from Susan; health is somewhat better than it was; folks are well; Mother is going to Vermont and wants to start a week from tomorrow; traded his oxen for a horse; bargained the horse for money from Uncle Richard; Aunt Lucretia is going with Mother; needs to go to Whitney this afternoon; Albert, Aunt Harriet Fisk, and Mary Caughson have just come; cannot think of anything else to write.

Scope and Contents Arrived at Racine on Tuesday; arrived at Kilbourn afterward; sick with a headache but got better the next morning; arrived at Milwaukee that evening; seven boys are in the hospital; Russell Redfield is not getting better; Charley is well; sleeps warm with Harmanus Seaman; has enough to eat; Martin Seeley and Horace Ward are the cooks; four batteries of artillery are here; they took O. Winnie to the hospital; will keep Charley from running away for Hattie; has not forgotten Fred; will be home...

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In camp since Saturday morning; journey took him from Maryland, to Georgia, to Delafield, and then to Uncle Joseph's; colt started well but hurt his foot; expenses were $22.80; measles in camp; George's folk were all well; got to George's and had a sermon preached to him by a man from Baboo; commence drilling tomorrow; regiment is good for three years but does not know when he can leave; will write again soon.

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Got to camp; has three horses to take care of; has been too busy to write until now; roads are bad; cannot get to Uncle's; Charley is sick with the chill fever; will write again the next spare minute.

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Going to Mr. Chipmond's in the evening which is next to the colonel; uniforms have come; plans to go out to Uncle Joseph's next Saturday if the roads are better; gets paid $25 per month; if he becomes train master like the man Roberts, he could have $60 per month; Charley is getting better; one soldier has died; has order from Racine to St. Louis and from St. Louis to New Mexico; has not written to Mother or Father.

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Received Susan's letter of the 27th on the 4th; went out to Uncle Joseph's on Saturday; roads are very bad; has stormed all day; does not think that the army will move this week; if Susan comes down, she can board at Mr. Chipmond's; wants Susan to take the five o'clock train so that he can meet her; Uncle's folks want Susan to stay all summer; Charley is more well; has no more time to write.