| | 1 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1864 October 2  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I recieved you long looked for letter
yesterday. I eager- ly broke its seal, & berused ove its contents; you
cannot imagine with what angsiety I had waited I had begun to think that prob
ably you ware sick; It seemed an age
since I had hurd from the one I respect above all
others, you can well imagine my uneasineſs
Sometime I thought I had been forgotten; then
again some gay lad might have changed the current of thy affections
& you feared to brake the news to me, I supposed you had not recieved my letter of the 21sst &
26th I
wrote 4 pages the 21st then
wrote two on the 26th but
the mails ware very
unragular about that time,
know doubt it has come to hand over
this
I would like very much to have got
home while we ware camped in the lower edge of the
county. I could have gone when bart of the
boys went, but I was not very well & the time so short I did
not feel able to make the trip, While at
Wanesburro, I visited my Uncles Was very much pleased with his young wife, She is a very nice lady & seems very
kind to the motherleſs
children, Cous Mat give me a regu- lar scholding for visiting them so often
& hoped that I would not be so distant in future, She said it took all my time to visit the Trouts
while at home I tried to make her
behive better but she would not listen to me, While camped at Bucks Mills I visited Mr, Browns was kindly
treated She said that if I went back that he
would write to you that I was carried away with the Misſs
Trotters. Thay are very nice girls & I think would please most any
man of moderate taste; We have orders to
moove & it is late so I will have to close
for the eavning, 16
th
We are laying quiet this beautifull
Sabbath morning I wish that I ware some plase that I might go to the
house of God & try & spend the day in his servise The 13th we had a
little brush with the enimy before Strausburg We drove them back in double
quick capturing several hundred prisners
I think thay ware surprised in meet our Infantry, the
prisners said
thay expected to find nothing but
Inbotons Cavelry. The 14 we had a slight skirmish with some Cavelry I don't think thare was any loſs on eather
side, We are camped now in rearfour
old fortification at fishers hill I
believe our army would make a very hard fight now. All want to wipe
out the old stain of Fishers hill
& Winchester I think the people are to hard on Early The army has not entirely lost confi dence in our old ,leader I
fear he uses to much of the poisened water but do,nt think he is
ever past tending to his duty. as he is our leader we ought to all
have confidence in him, or he cannot gain no
import tant victories, Cousin R Brand was badly wounded
at Winchester & left on the field of Battle, John Wright got to camp last eavning, & Robert & Luke Taylor the eavning before, We have thirteen now for
duty. I will keep up with the rest of the comp. in the regt, My health is very good at presant, and hope this may find you the same, We have orders to clean our guns for
inspection. Invariably we have to violate the sabbath by having
inspections on the holy day I must soon close My kindest regards to all enquiring friends; recieve my love as the best
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