~Letter written by Adam Keafer~
Possibly the Adam, referred to in Margery's letter, who died.
Alliance Sep 23 1861
Dear Miss Thompson
I take the pleasure to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well at present and all the boys and I hope these few lines may find you the same we like. Camp first rate so far . We get as much to eat as we want and get to go to town every day. We have lots of fun now but it won’t be always so I know we will have some hard times to go through yet but I don’t mind that if we only keep our health. There is eight companies in camp now. There is only one of them full. There is one hundred tents up now. We drill four hours a day, two in the fore noon and two in the after noon and at four o’clock a battalion drill. There is lots of pretty girls in our camp every day. We will be sworn in next Tuesday and get our uniforms. The Alliance fair is going to be on the 9, 10, and 11. I would like to see some of the folks up. I expect to go to the Canton fair if I can get off. I expect you have seen William Cassidy since he got back. He can tell you all about camp life. I guess he was glad to get home again.
Just the day before his father came after him, he said he wished there would come after him no more at present.
Yours truly,
Write soon
Adam Keafer
Address your letter to Alliance, Stark County, Ohio
Company D 19 regiment