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![]() February 5th 1862 Dear father and mother I seat myself once more to let you no that i am well and hartey and i hope
this may find you all the Saim I Got your letter of January the 19 lettia of
the 19 and the one you rote the 21 and Sent me Some Srtamps i Got them i was
Glad to fore i had Sent the last one to ohio i Got these letters the night
bee fore we left rolla anbd it was 9 oclock at night when i Got them and i
had this time to right to you but i rote to you on Sunday bee fore I well
give you a Sketch of our march we left rolla January the 28 went 7 miles the
first day Camped it was raning hard we Struck tents and Cut bresh for to lay
on fore the night and the Snow was 2 inches deep in the marning we only went
9 miles the next Day and then we went 2 miles the next Day and Crost the
GasConade we Got to ita bout 9 oclock in the morning and it was 12 at night
when we all Got a Crost we had to fery it on a boat only 30 feet long and 11
feet side it was Slow work we Got over all right it is the Swiftest Stream i
ever Saw it is awful we left the next morning and went 6 miles that Day and
the next Day 5 miles and the next Day 11 miles and the next Day 10 miles and
the next Day 16 miles and the next Day 7 that is to Day we Got to lebnon it
is 60 miles from rolla to lebnon and the awfulest rods i ever Saw in my lief
it is as hilly as our timber a long the wapsey river and you no how it is
there and it is mudy as it Can be if you wont to Sell out Dont Come to misora
fore if this world was a nof misora wad bee the ass hole we no what it is to
bee a Solger now we had to evry night Cut fresh bresh fore to lay Down to lay
on we Spred down one blanket and put the rest over us i will tell you father
it is hard but lots of funn to See all the rejment travel but then it is hard
to travel all Day and then lay Down on bresh and rest but then we doo it with
a free will we take it Cool and easey all the time mother i Got the letter
you rote to me the Jan 28 and the one henry rote the Saim Day i Got them to
Day they was at lebanon bee fore it was i have Got the Stamps and i wont you
to Send me Some more after while i havent Got any pay this time i dont think
we will Git any more pay untill we air Diss Charged and i dont Care if you
will Send me Stamps i dont want to rite anyone only you any more i cant
afford it oh yess i fore Got to tell you that lorance Easterly is ded he Dyed
at franklin he took Sick the Day we left franklin fore rolla and he had to
leave him and he only lived 3 Days after we left there we was 20 miles from
rolla when we heard that he was ded it was a Sad Story to us for he was a
Good friend to me we had lots of funn to Gether he was So kind to me when i
was Sick but we no not hoo will bee the next he was the first one that dyed
out of our Company well father i will tell you what we air going to doo we
air with in 40 miles of General price he Sais he is Going to fight this time
if we wont to Come he Sais if we wont to Go to hell to Come on So we will try
him General Curtis and General Sigel is Going from here to attract him and
General lain and General mount Gumre on the other Side and General pope on
his flank and General wyman on the left flank he is Surrounded com pleet and
if the old Devel ever Gits out he will have to fight his way out and he has
only Got 15 thousand and there is a bout 60 thousand of our armey Going to
attackt him at once and if he Can beet us he will doo well i think we will
Stay here to or thre Days Some of our officers Say we Go to morrow but i
think we wont Go to morrow but yett i dont no but we air redy to Go any time
well i must Close tell henry and tishy that they must right to me evry Sundy
but i Cant right to you all Seperat any more paper is hard to Git and i Can
right all the nues in one letter and i hat to right the Saim thing over and
you no i aint Got a Good Chance to right like i had at Camp Scott but you
Shal hear from me evry Chance I Git to right, it is hard to Git a letter
Started I Dont expect after we lieve from this plaice i dont think there will
be a Chance to Send a letter back after we lieve here I will right Someone a
nother Sheet.
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![]() February 5, 1862 Dear Father and Mother,
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