| | 1 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Add | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 January 2  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | It is with pleasure that I again seat myself to drop you a fiew lines I arrived safely in camp Monday
last. I was very glad to see the boys and thay
seemed glad to see me with them again My
health has been very good since I left home I
thought Saturday night in Staunton was one of the lonliest nights that I ever spent I had a very nice time coming down on the cars I had very little or no trouble with the box
for Jake he would make me eat a meal or two
with him for fetch ing it down to him I meſs with
Christ Abe Trotter Lightner
Abury & Brittonthare is some talk of
us forming a new meſs I suppose you have hurd
of our victory in Tenasee I think the
picture of our confederacys is brightning and I hope before long we will be a
free and in
dependant people the army is in
the very best of Spirits
the boys are mostly speculating as soon as Plunkett
brings a load the boys buy him out & then sell at a small
profit I believe Abe has made twenty
Dollars today. Well thay had
one on gard last new
years night
the boys all said if thay
had have been in my place thay would
have staid untill after
newyear I am very well sadisfied
that I have got back to the company We
have a very nice camp and I hope we may
stay hear for some time we are in eight miles of Ginnie Station We have plenty of wood put
the water is not very good, I was very much
obliged to you for the fine pickle you sent me to eat on my
departure from Greenville. You ought to have seen me part with Hattie I know you would have sent me a larger
pickle. I found Cous, Jimmie looking rather
badly he has not been well for some time I gave him the apple as you requested with
your
simpathies
in his late distresses. I found
Bros, Charles & John well and harty I have taken a very bad cold since I
returned to camp put hope it will soon ware off I have been very cheerfull ever since I got
to camp thare is no news of importance to
write I expect we will hafto go on picket tomorrow The
boys are mostly all well Curg is looking
splendid. John Meeks arrieved in camp
today our Company no.
over forty for duty I would have writ
ten soon but we had to moove and then build us bunks
oh kate how often I think of
you.
and wish for the time when I may be your
true and constant
companion you are constantly with me in
my dreams be cheefull my
Kate for by the will of providence I will soon
return write soon as I am allway glad to hear from you
good by my one dear Kate as it is almost
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