Washington
June the 3 1865
Dear Charlotte
I received your letter to day mailed June first. It came through quick. I am glad you are enjoying good health. I am well and verry anxious to get home and I guess you get tired looking for me. You say you want me to see the children to see what I will say about them. I want to see them as bad as you want me to but we must wait with patience. It wont be but a little longer. Rast has just gone from here. He came to see me this morning. He is getting well. He thinks he will be home by the fourth. It is so dark that I cant see to write so I will wait till morning. Good knight.
Sunday June the 4
I will finish my letter and send it. You wonderd where we would live and what I would do. That is a hard question to answer. I heard there was verry dull times north. No work to be had. There can be good land bought now in Virginia for two dollars per acre. I think we had better go south but we will talk about that when I get home. I am afraid we wont get home this weak yet. Our officers are so slow about making out the papers. They say they will take 5 or 6 days yet but they have to pay me so wait with patience. Good buy.
Charles Engle
This is an old dirty sheet. I uest the clean sides. Write often and dont look for me till I come. I dont believe there is a man in the 137th that wants to go home as bad as I do. My hart is in my throat about half the time but wait I must. I would reather march every day than to lay here in this way. It is the hardest work I ever done. I want to see you so bad. I wish I had tried and got a furlough when we first came here.