| | 1 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Add | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1865 August 11  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | It is with pleasure I once more grasp my pen,
to write a few hours away in converse with thee, I recieved our highly appreciated
& unexpected letter a few days past,
Believe me it was more than wellcome. I
can not help saying this is at
presant an out of the way
plase for me, as I can not hold a regular as I would wish to do;
with my fading
lilley; Thare is no mail runing out hear yet, & in all
prob
ability will not for sometime to come, I am once more writing by candle light. But hapily not
listnig to the lone tread of the Sentinal on
his nightly watch. But to my Bus that seems
to be hurrying wheat into a State of readineſ for the cook; Grain is coming in dayly,
& I am kept busy the largest portion of my
time, I am willing to be kept busy night &
day for the long four years you spoke of in your letter I look forward & sigh
but if it may be Gods will
thare is pleasure in store for me I hope,- I am like Abraham of (old) not
only willing to searve four,- but
fourteen to accomplish my desire; Alas I ought
not to write so childleſs no
one knows the deferent changes
that may occur in the next four, or or
seemingly, with us,
a century; At presant
health is a blooming & future antise pations are Spread out before
us as a beautifull picture But alas in the next four years
one of us, may be called to give an account of our
Stuardship
hear on earth,-if so let it be
S earth has no charmes that heav
en cannot surpaſs, The night
is growing old, I imagine you are now lying
upon you coutch your spirits wandering
in some fuiry dreamland— profbably with Willie by your side smoothing your pathway, This is a beautifull
night all nature seem clothed in brid
al-Splender, The majestick queen
is midway in the heavens, & seems looking down upon this troubled world of ours, with a smiling face, & the thickly doted
little twinklers seem to say to one,
admire, & reverance, the
omnipotent creator of all things, ah the
weekneſs of man is so easily seen when we take a view of creation we are continually working &
striving for some great end, but Sudden ly
fall,& are soon forgotten in this world & others follow our
landmarks. I have had quite a plesant time
since I came up
home, “Did I say home”
“Yes“ for
whar was I ever better treated
unleſs by the side of “Midie”
thare was a bicknick given to the Soldiers of this neighborhood We had a magnificent dinner evry thing good that could be scraped up
theese hard times, I acted the
cavalier with Miſs Lindsay a very
interresting lady. After dinner all
came down to the
Mill, I had several interresting
te,detetes with the
fair ladies The Ladies & Gent—men of
Cars Creeſk
honered us with a Stor
m
several nights bast I made my self as agreeable as I could among Strangers I do not know when I will come
down in a month or so at fartherest believe me to be your ever
devoted lover Excuse me if I have failed to
answer anything in your letter I will
answer them in full when we meet When you write
Direct your letter,
to Alone Rockbridge Co
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