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Fernandina Fla [Florida]
October 30th 1863


Dear Fother


I take my pen in hand to let you no that we are all well at present and hope these fiew lines will find you all the same  we left Morris Island the second of this month and come here  we are dewing garison duty now and we have first rate times  we onley have one hours drill a day and plenty to eat and ware  Enos sent seome money to you when we was on Moris [Morris] Island and hante hurd from hit yet  so you think I had better come home before I enlist again and I think 


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[I think] I will for their ant much talk about it now and I guess I had better let good enough alone  dond let sombody else try three years or during the war in my plase that is some of them felows that is paing their three hundred dollars now  I was out a gunen one day after wild cattle  their was ten of us and the colel and three or four other oficers along and we got three beaves  we went in wagens we had to go about twelve miles  it took nearley all of the time to go and come for we was onley about a hour kiling the three  they was the first wild cattle that I ever saw and 


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They was wild  they are as wild as the fox is when the hound gits after them  we had a big time with one and he was a male bool  it took three or four shots to kill him  you say that I have sent a hundred and ninety three dollars home in all  it dond soot my acount try and lok [of] over it again and see if if you are not mistaken  well I guess Charleston is not taken yet but wen it is taken you will get to here from it as soon as we will  I forgot to say that I received to letters from you and one from Marey [Mary] Jane  no more at present write soon


G K Pierce


[envelope with postage stamp]


Mr Ezra Pierce 
Wilmington 
D [paper torn]


[stamped] FERNANDINA NOV 9 '63 FLA.