Silas Stepp to Eleanor Stepp

[this letter is written in a hand other than Silas Stepp's]

                            Camp 132^nd Regt N Y Vols

                        Bachelors Creek, Camp Clawsen

   Dear Wife                            June 23^rd  1864

                        I am now a prisoner with the

Yankees, I was taken on Tuesday night at Jack

sons Mill. while on a Scout  I would say that

i am not alone  there is some 40 or 50 of the 6^th

north Carolina. also the Col. and two ot three Lieuts

we are going to New Berne to day, so far I

have been treated first rate, and I find the yankees

right smart fellows.  I am well and hope I shall

continue so.  you must do the best you can. do

not write until you hear from me again  do not

be uneasy about me

                                    From your affectionate

                                                Husband

                                                            S. H. Stepp