| | 1 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Add | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1864 August 19  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | As I have a few mo ments after helping cook our
rations I hasten to drop you a few lines knowing you will be ancious to hear from me. I arrived safly in camp the 15th. found all the boys well; They ware all camped in line of battle at Fishers
hill above Strausburg. We had a fine commanding
position & well fortified: The enimy
thought it prudent to make a retrogade
moovment & commenced retreating
& had a slight engagement
in the eavning near Winchester. Our Brigade
never got close enou
gh to fire at the Yanks;
Some of thare
laden messengers came
unplesantly near us. The wing was reported
to have a large army from 40 to 50 thousand We
have been reinforced by /one division of Longstreets corps & two Brigade of F.H. Lee cavilry. The enimy
dis stroyed nearly the entire wheat crop from
Winchester to Straus
burg. burned may barns. We are now lying in
the woods near
Bunkers hill. ten miles below
Winchester have orders to be read
y to moove at any moment
none of us no wich way we will
moove
next some think in to Maryland I had a fine time coming down the valley; Ive come down the back
way; ware treated kindly at mo
plases by the duch of Rockin
ham &
Shanandoor; all the objections I had to the girls they ware all
barefooted & as I thought awkward
in thare
manners; They would commence ta
lking duch in our
presance, often I thought they might be
talking about me. None that I saw could I think half as much of as my
— I am sure. Do not censure me for not writing sooner I fooly intended
writing the day after I got to camp but was sent to the ordinance wagon & coming
back to camp I stoped at a Batery & found my cousin R. Brand & stay
ed nearly all day with him;
he is a nice young man; I think you
would know him he is still readheaded & freckles in his face. For a few
day after leaving I think I was a little low spirited probably you can account for
it
I don'nt think it was leaving
Lottie; though her company was very agreeable.
Since I have got with the boys I have been in fine spir
its & have been enjoying the best
of health, I
hope theese lines may find
you enjoying the same blessing Jake is
enjoying fine health. Abe & Hunter the same Abe is now by my side writing to his better half Be cheerfull
& hapy & pray that I may be spared to return to
thee once more Often I think I would not have
nothing to live for if it was not for thee; It is an
eavill thought but still it will arise in
my wandering thoughts I must soon close as it
is getting so dark I can hardly see how to write; My love to all Write soon, oh how glad I would be to get a letter
fr
om you tomorrow excuse bad writing
& all mistakes I will write again
before long from one that has wished the
hapi neſs for years, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
|
