Envelope addressed to:
Mr Joseph Turner
Moretown Vt
Washington July 4 1861
dear father and mother
I now take my pen in hand to let you know how I git along I am well and hope that these few lines will finde you the same thare is grate doings hear to day thare is a bout 80 thousand men with in ten milds of hear that belong to the union we hade fine times coming out hear in Troy we got super thare in New York the folks gave us a splended Flag thare in Baltimore the folke thought that we was to tuf for them you would think it tuf to sit on the ground and have a smol box to write on tell Mr Mury that John and Jin is well and in good spirits we should like to be in Vermont to day but but seing we cant we are satisfied to stay in camp when I was in Burlington I sent ten dollars to you and I want to know if you resieved it I cant think of any more now so write as son as you git this direct your leters to Washington D C
from your son
Orlando S Turner
