Letter from John Burke to his friend Layward December 25th, 1861, on the USS R. R. Cuyler, in Pensacola. John tells Layward about Christmas Dinner ( beef and potatoes), the price won on Ship Island. John also Persauds Layward to enlist in the Union Nave by expressing his wages, and that he just got a raise.
He signed as John Burk asking about news from back home