Springfield Sept. 26th.
I am in excellent health; am heavier than I
ever was before; weigh a hundred and sixty eight lbs. of nice clear meat: have
outgrown all my clothes, you see that hard crackers agree with me fine. I think Springfield is a healthy place, it
being situated on the highest peak of the Ozark Mountains. The
[The bottom of the newspaper is torn off and
the rest of this letter is missing.]
– Published in The Union Sentinel,
Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, October 18, 1862, p. 2
