Letter 40 — Citey Point, April the 29th, 1865

Dear Mother I receved you most welcome letter and was glad to hear that you was well I am in joying good health at present and hope that when these few lines comes to hand that they will find you injoying the same blessing there is not much news hear now they have bin firing the canon hear nerebay every day for morning for the President there was a dis spach com hear yesterday that they got the man that kild him but they had to shoot him before they cold take him they say that he kild five uther men be fore he was kild and there was a dis spach come heare yesterday that Jonson had surenderd and that was a sclute fired hear of fiftey gunns he scurrenderd to General Grant and now the thing that has bin so long prade for has com and that is the end of the rebelion well mother you wanted to no whot the expences was for sending Mathew home it was $45 dolers for sending his bodey home and $4.35 ct for telegraping I had to borow som of the money I borowed $35 dolers the Compney sent me word that they wold pay the expences for send him home as son as we wer paid of a gane I dont think that it wold be safe to send money hear now for I heard yesterday that the Hospitals had orders to be redey to move at eney moment well you wanted to no what Mathew taked about I was in the woods when he come in and when he come to the Hospital and they sent for meto com in and when I went in I asked him if I hadnt beter telegrph to you to com and see him but he sed hat I chold not for if he cold get eny thing to lay on his stomach that he wold be abel to go home in a few weeks and I think that he has gon home I dont think that he thot that he was a gont to dey if he did he did not sayeneting a bout it to me I beleve that he thot that he wold get well for he sed that his wond did not pane him as bad as it did when he was wonded be fore the last words that he sed I had give him a drink and I ast him how he felt and he sed that he did not feale eney worse he sed that he was tierd a alaying and that he wshed that he cold go to sleep he sed that he beleved that he cold

eat a big brechfast there was a bed close bey his and I lade don on it and he did not saeny thing of a while and then he sed Georg it is time to get up it is day light I ast him if he wanted eny thing and he sed that he didnt I told him that he had beter trey and go to slep and he did not say eny thing He turned over on his left side and he lay very quiet and I thot that he was a sleepe and I let him lay a bout five or ten minets and then I got up and went to him he died toe easest of eny won that I eve seen dey well I must close for this time no more at present yours un til death wright as son as you can dont get eny tumestone for Mathew till I come home uours truley

George Overpack