| | 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, 1863 April 7  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | Truly time has seen many days paſs & your letter remained
unanswered, I have procrastinated untill I am aschamed to
seat my self to write
eaven to the kindest of friends. One request I will
ask of you that is to forgive & forget, I intended writing before I left camp. But after I had a chance for a furlough I
thought I would wait
untill I got home & then I might come
down, But alas it seems that I can never get
away from home, I have had very bad health ever
since I came home. Some days I suffer with chills & fevers
with violent headeache & pains in my
limbs. Father is very ill with the mumps, though I think he is getting
better, It will be my time to have them
next, as I never had them, I have had chances to
have taken them before,Propberably I may miſs them this time, I wou,nt care if I ware so fortunate
Well I reckon you think, “What have I been doing towards enjoying
myself” since I came home, The blues have been my most constant companion I declair I never was as lonesome in my life Time seems to stand still on her
wheels, Tom is busy blowing so if I wanted to go anywhare I
have no horse to wride. I formed a slight
acquaintance with your friend Fannie Seems to be
a very nice girl, Kind I think would make a
noble coquet,
But you must not tell her that I ever thought such a
thing, well you know that it is natural
for self willed man to form an opinion of
the fairer sext on first sight. Well I do not
know what to write to interrest you I
promist to answer the questions that I
asked in my last letter in ref
erence to your Cousin Lizzie,
But I will wait hoping that I may see you before long. Then
I can answer you verbaly, I know that I can
sadisfy you in that way better than by writing I suppose you have already form some idea of my reason for asking you I hope that I may soon get my
health & be able to help work some on the farm as we will be late
with the spring crop I suppose you ware surprised to hear of me coming home as you
wrote that I wou'nt come home for six months.
Thare
if I could get a furlough,
Tharefore
do'nt suppose you are very ancious to see me, But for my part I
never was as ancious to see you in my life Though you may think my actions do not prove it, Well you must
recolect my health & more I have no way of getting about, Dispair not I will be down ear long, And then my long absence will
make it a hapier meet-
ing, Often you are by my side in my nightly dreams them it seemes that
I am happy, But I wake up & find it all
delusion I must bring this uninterres
ing letter to a close I hope
this may find you enjoying your usual good health
if I have written anything in this letter to mar your
feeling your parden I
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