Dear Wife,-

We are encamped at the same place as when I last wrote you. I have not heard from home nor had a letter from you for some days and am very eager to get one. We are kept very busy all of the time. The regiment has been brigaded and is the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division and 12th Corps. General Kane commands the Brigade, General Williams the Division and General Slocum the Corps of the Army of the Potomac, General McClellan commanding. General Kane is a very small man with one wooden leg, has large full eyes and heavy black mustache. It is told here that he is a brother of the Arctic explorer. When the War broke out he went into the service in command of the Pennsylvania Buck-tails. Everyone of his men wore in his hat the tail of a deer and some of his orderlies wear them now, thus the derivation. Our men are improving in the drills and are complimented by commanding officers. Our regiment is one of the best in the field and I hope when they go (if they have to) into action they will prove the best. It will be a week tomorrow since we came here and are expecting to move every day as we have been here about as long as we stay at a place.