So good by. Well Jane, we was glad to hear from you and to now that you had not forgot your brothers intirely. Jane, pleas to write to me often. 21st Regt Co. H in car of Capt. So good by from your brother Addison Searls to his sister Jane Buskirk.
Pleas write soon.
Pleas to excuse me for this short leter. Dear parents, It is with pleashure that I take my pen in hand to try to write to you. I opened it to see what its contents were. We were much pleased to read that you were all well or nearly so. We have looked fur days and weeks and monthes for a message from you, but their none came.