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Barrack's Hospital New Orleans Sept 6th /64 Dear Sister You will see by the heading of this, that I am now for the first time in a General Hospital. The cause of my being here is not because I am any worse than when I last wrote, but because an order came to the Regt. for all those unfit for the field to be sent to this city On Saturday Evening, a little before dark there was congregated on board the Steamer Diana (formerly on of the Marine fleet) about five hundred poor unfortunate mortals like myself with no nurses, and no preperations for the accomadations of the sick, with the exception of one Sanitary man who done he could in makeing and distributeing tea, and crackers. The filth consequent to such a trip is enough to kill any well man, saying nothing about the sick. Nobody but a Soldier can bear such treatment, and it was more than some of them could bear, for six or eight died on the trip. We arrived here last evening, makeing us forty eight hours on the boat. And now have a good bed and good care. I am this time surely one of the fortunate ones for there was about a hundred more than they had accomadations for, so that they had to sleep on the floor as best they could