No-  Camp of 23rd Iowa Inft
  Galveston Texas June 23rd 1865
  My Dear wife:  You will see from the caption of this that instead of being on our way home, as we had hoped to be that we have other fields before us.  We broke Camp at Mobile Monday morning.  I had gone up to Mobile sunday morning to Sabbath school & church, atended the Baptist Church of course, after meeting was over I went up to Hedges & took dinner & in the afternoon there came on one of the heaviest rain & wind storms I have seen in the South, so I remained with Hedges all night & after breakfast started for camp - leisurely & just outside the citty met some of the 23-boys, they told me that the Regt had moved & was in the Citty, had come in on an other road.  I went to the landing & found them about ready to embark.  This is only the third time I have visited Hedges in the South & have been left by the Regt twice.  We went on board a transport & passed out over the bar about nine miles below the Citty & were transferred to an Ocean Steamer (the Gen Sedgwick) & passed out into the Gulf between Ft Morgan & Gains about sun set the same day - we had a very fine trip &
