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61Author:  Brand, William F.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Brand to Kate Armentrout, January 10, 1862  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: It is with pleasure that I seat my self to drop you a fiew lines to let you hear from me. I recieved your note by Mr Vines. It was to late as I had written the day before no doubt you have recieved it before this time. My health is very good & hope theese fiew lines may find you enjoying the same. We have been on a very hard march ever since New years' day we first marched on Bath in Morgan County took 8 or 10 Prisoners two peases of canon it is the hardest trip we ever ware on. The snow was from 4 to 6 inches deep & very cold. The roads became a perfect cake of ice the horses ware continually falling down & the same with the men. The Malitia done some beautifull runing. Bath is a beautiful little town the citasons are mostly Unionists. Bath is better known as the Burkley springs it is situated between two mountains. We are now in 25 miles of Winchester & are campt on the Runney road. I do not know what the Gen. intentions are if we are kept in this mountainous Country long one fourth of the army will be in the hospital for thare are loads going evry day five of our Com has gon to the hospital & as many sick in Camp. I recieved the cheese you sent me (many thanks to the dona.) I told JV whare to direct his letters to you & will inform Mr Ligt. when I see him. Lieut Wilson leaves for home in the morning excuse this short letter as I am on gard to night also bad writing & misstakes. Write soon as I am always glad to hear from you.
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62Author:  Brand, William F.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Brand to Kate Armentrout, April 6, 1862  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: It has been some time since I recieved your kind letter and would have answered it sooner if we had have been campt at any one plase long enoughf to write it.
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63Author:  Brand, William F.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Brand to Kate Armentrout, May 29, 1862  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I recieved your kind letter some time ago I suppose you think I have forgotten you entirely as I have been so long in answering your letter. Indeed we have hardly had time to wash our cloths for the past two months. You seemed to think when you wrote to me last that the Valley was almost gon but thanks to Almighty God we have been able to drive them out thare is some in Harpers ferry yet we attacked them on the 23rd & have been fighting less or more evry day since. We have entirely routed Banke Army. I think that we have taken about 3 thousand Prisoners all thare Bagage & governmint stores our Brigade was ordered to Charlestown yesterday. We left Winchester early in the morning & marched eighteen miles by the middle of the day the enimy ware drawn up in line of battle & opened fire on our skirmishers we run up four or five pieces of artilery & fired on them. Thay fired five times & commenced retreating throwing of thare blanketts canteens & hapersacks. We run them for four or five miles the boys say we run them into thare den in the ferry. We captured fifteen prisoners thay fired some large guns this morning. We could see the smoke thay seemed to be on the Virginia hights & the hills of Boliven. I exspect we will we will march on them this evening as two more brigads came down this morning.
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64Author:  Brand, William F.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Brand to Kate Armentrout, July 25, 1862  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I seat my self once more for the purpose of pening you a fiew lines. I arrived safely in camp on the 21 and have been improveing in health ever since. We have a very nice camp and the water is very good. Our Comp numbers sixty odd at presant; more than we have had presant for some time past. I hope providence may smile on our armies and bless us with health. I found Brother John looking badley again. I was fearful he was taking the fever but think he is somewhat better today. Charles has returned to the camp at last he was to see grand ma. he says he had a grate deal of pleasure. I tried to shame him for treating us all so badley by not writing. he wrote home to day for the first time for the last six months I believe; We have to drill twise a day. Mr. Robt Taylor recieved his discharge to day being over thirty five years of age. he has been a good soldier and I am glad to see him get of honerably.
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65Author:  Brand, William F.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Brand to Kate Armentrout, August 15, 1862  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-ValleyOfTheShadow 
 Description: I recieved your much wellcomed letter last week & was glad to hear from you. My health is very good at present & hope theese fiew lines may find you enjoying the same blessing. We have had annother very hard battle on the ninth of this month. I suppose you have hurd the perticulars before this. Brother John was slightly wounded in the early part of the engagement. Charles was hurt in the hand with his ramrod while loading his gun thay ware both sent to the hospital at Sharlottesvill our loss was estimated at six hundred killed & wounded. The enimies at three thousand. Our Brigade recieved a grate deal of praise for its bravry on the battle field. It sertainly did act nobly your Brother was not very well and was excused by the Sergeon & stayed back with the waggons, he did not have the good luck of being in the fight he has got right well again & I hope his health may continue to be good for we all miss him when he is sick or absent. We captured four or five hundred prisoners & two pieces of canon.
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66Author:  Brand, William F.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Brand to Kate Armentrout, August 29, 1862  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I seat my self this morning for the purpose of dropping you a fiew lines to let you know whare I am. I have the Dipthera. My throat is very soar but I am in hopes that I will be well in a week or two. I left camp on the 24th thare had been but very little Infantry fighting but some heavy cannonnading across the river the enimy seemed to have the advantage in position at evry ford. We have a very large Army in Culpepper for Pope to contend with. Your Brother John was well when I left the Com. thay ware all in good spirits when I left. I met Jacob, Abe, & Isack Vines on Monday. Jacob gave me a half Cheese. Abe told me he had something to tell me how he had fooled you out of some secrets. I be glad to se him & find out what thay are. I seen John Plunkett in Gordonsville he told me that Charles had a letter for me I am sorry I did not meet him as he is so careless he may loose it before I get back this is a very mean hospital. Very little accommodations, nothing but bread & meat to eat & my throat being soar it is very hard to swallow. I wish I could come home and let Churchman tend on me a while evry thing is very dear around hear & thare is but little change in the circulation. I have been trying to get a note Broke ever since I left the Regt. This is a very lonesome blase. Thare is nothing of importance to write I hope these fiew lines may find you enjoying both health & happiness. I pray the God of mercies may soon visit me with health.
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67Author:  Brand, William F.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Brand to Kate Armentrout, September 4, 1862  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I recieved your letter yesterday, & as we are laying still this morning I will try and write a few lines in answer. I know not when this will reach you as it is reported that a large Cavalry force has gone up the Valley in our rear. The Enimy have a large Cavalry force in the Valley & our Cavalry being afraid of them buts us to a grate deal of trouble. We had to march last night untill twelve oclock through mud & rain to meet an antisapated raid on Winchester. We are camped this morning near Winchester & evry thing seems perfectly quiet. It will hardly remain so untill night.
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68Author:  Lightner, John P.Requires cookie*
 Title:  John P. Lightner[?] to unknown [fragment]  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: the people around here were very liberal sending Clothing Provision and what money they could get. Is Carter still with you. I havent forgoten what a time I use to have trying to boss him around. I supose he is a very handsome Chap, does he still catch fish? How is Mrs Watson and the girls. Does Mr Strickler still Preach at Tinkling. I remember how I did hate to go to that Church. I dont think the people are so hyminded and proud out here. I was at Waveland last Sabbath and I liked it so well I went back that night, to the Presbyterian Church the preacher reminded me a little of Mr. S. he spoke so much like him but I felt more at home than I ever did at Tinkling we have been tending meetings generaly there was a protracted meeting held at our nearest Church 2 weeks, & there was only one joiner, the Methodist preacher will hold his meeting in a few weeks. It is true my friend our dear Brother is no more it was so hard for us to give him up he was such a dear good brother and yet I can scarsely imagine he is no more, it was such a sudden trial for us. We were looking for them the next week, but they had set the day it just two weeks from the day he died, it was the 26 th of Oct. he atended the Fair two days, and was complaining there. he went out to Grandmas from there he went to Mr Bayleys & took sick Dr. said he had Billious Fever he did not complain only of weakness, he would tell Bechie he wasnt so bad. she was with him, that was one consolation. they tell us he died without a strugle.
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69Author:  Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, July 13, 1861  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
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70Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: William Francis BrandRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine, March 4, 1862  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I received your much welcomed letter a few days ago and now seat myself to drop you a few lines my health is very good & hope this may find you enjoying the same blessing The health of the Com. is very good atpresent we have evauated Camp Zollicoffer &campt in a half mile of Winchester I believe that we are going to evacuate Winchester as they are moving all the Government property back to Strausburg & all the sick are hurryed back It is reported that the Yankees have posession of MartinsburgCharles town & Berryville but I do not believe it and still hope that we may be ordered back to our Cabbins before long, The question was asked our Com. yesterday whether we would enlist for the war or not Thirty five elisted for the war the remainder say they will stand the draft I am no longer a volinteer but a regular for the war be it long or & my prayer is that the God of notions may help me as the apple of his eye I will look to him at all times for he is ablt to save in the darkest hours of per il, It is an assurance most dear to know that he will not forsake those that put thare trust in him I was very sorry that your Brother did not reenlist as I would like to have his company as a gide through this tempestuis world of war I suppose thare is a grate deal of excitement in old Augusta at this time on account of the draft that is to be made this month I hope that it may hit some of the speculators I hope I may have the pleasure of getting home on furlough before long I would like very much to see you Remember me in your prayers that I may hold out faithfull to the end Write soon.
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71Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1862 March 4  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I received yourmuch welcomed lettera few days ago and now seat myself to dropyou a few lines myhealth is very good &hope this may find youenjoying the same blessingThe health of the Com. isvery good atpresentwe have evauated CampZollicoffer &campt ina half mile of WinchesterI believe that we are goingto evacuate Winchester asthey are moving all theGovernment propertyback to Strausburg& all the sick are hurryedback It is reported thatthe Yankees have posessionof MartinsburgCharlestown & Berryville butI do not believe itand still hope that wemay be ordered backto our Cabbins beforelong, The question wasasked our Com. yesterdaywhether we would enlistfor the war or notThirty five enlisted forthe war the remainder say they will stand thedraft I am no longera volinteer but a regularfor the war be it long or & my prayer isthat the God of notionsmay help me as the appleof his eye I will look tohim at all times forhe is able to save inthe darkest hours of peril, It is an assurance mostdear to know that he willnot forsake those thatput thare trust in himI was very sorry that yourBrother did not reenlistas I would like to havehis company as a gide through this tempestuisworld of war I supposethare is a grate deal ofexcitement in oldAugusta at this timeon account of the draftthat is to be made this month I hope that itmay hit some of thespeculators I hope Imay have the pleasureof getting home onfurlough before longI would like very muchto see you Remember mein your prayers that Imay hold out faithfullto the end Write soon.
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72Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 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 dark
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73Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 January 19  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I have seated my self for the purpose of writing you a few lines to inform you of our wharabouts my health is very good & hope theese fiew lines may find you enjoying the blessings of health and happineſ I have been waiting in suspence for some time for a letter from you I have come to the conclusion that my letter never came to hand I wrote soon after I came down, you can well inmagin how lonsome I have been in looking for a fiew lines from you I will now send out the second arrow hoping it may find it's destination Jake told me yesterday eavning that you had never hurd from me since my return to camp I had in writing yesterday put I thought I would wait and send this by Mr Carson as the other failed by mail I have no news of importance to write We ware on pickett last week had a very easy tour of it, I could not see any yankees acroſs the river I think the grater portion of thare army has gon South & some twenty or thirty thousand of our army has gon to meet them we have orders to keep one days rations in our haversacks untill further orders Some thinks we are going to South Carlina I havent but one objection to going It wuldill be so seldom that we could hear from home I would like to See the country & then we would be on the cost whare we could get plenty of oysters we hafto pay six dollars a gallon for them here & no butter then to eat with them, well I got a letter the other day from the mill; I tell you that it had Sams name in more than one line I had to laughf at several of her conclusions of the hearafter we have a large Co. now for duty some sixty odd, the largest in the brigade we have got our tents at last the boys are busy building chimmies to them, I hope we may camp hear all winter We have plenty of wood and tolerable good water, and are enjoying all the sweets of camp life, and you know they are fiew at best I hardly know what to write to interrest you I hope you have recieved any other letter before this time I wish I was whare I would'nt have to write for it is a grate deal more pleasure to me to talk to you than to write I have often been near you in my dreams since I last seen you, but alas what are dreams they vanish in a moment from our sight & are gon forever I hope the time may soon come when I may fondly encircle thee in my arms & call thee mine oh Kate forget the I never can & would not be forgot for the gold of opher, I hope your path may be strune with flowers and if I can not make you happy some other may I ask an interest in your prayers excuse this uninterresting letter I will try and do better next time let no one see this my respects to all & my love to you
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74Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 February 6  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: Nine oclock P.M. as the most of the boys have retired to thare bed of poles I have concluded to drop you a fiew lines, My health is very good & hope theese fiew lines may find you enjoying the same blessing, Thare is no news of importance to write, we hafto go on picket tomorrow morning I suppose we will get a peep at our enimies I hope we may have a plesent time while we are on picket, Thare has been a grate deal of snow & rain in the last two week I hope we may have some more clear weather now The road are almost a bed of mud It is almost imposible to get provi tions from the debot to our camp I suppose thare is plenty of snow in augusta now for sleighing if so I hope you may have some plesent sleighrides we take our fun in snowballing. We have formed a Bible class & meet on sundy & Wednsday nights to recite our lessings I hope it may be carried on and that some good may come ofv'e it we have a grand theatre in the Regt, carried on by Capt Brown of the Marion Rifles he is a very good performer he is a noble singer. Capt Newton started this morning on hoon furlough he is very lucky in getting home though I do not envy him his good fortune I would have written by the Capt if I hadve haved notice in time. as it is I will hafto risk another by mail hoping it may soon reach your hand Well Kate did your cous, Lizzie make you acquainted with all her secreets if so do you know who she is engaged to I will tell you my reasons for asking you this question in my next letter if you answer it I am a thousand times obliged to you for the cheese you sent to me I assure you it was something I never look for I would like to be in a meſs with your brother but the boys would think hard of me for leaving my old meſs I may say we are almost one meſs for when ever one meſs gets a box the other is envited to share its contents but if Lieut Dempster joines the officers meſs I exspect to change well Kate I wasent aware that I had shown so many sines of my weak neſs on leaving Greenville it goes to show the feebleneſs of mans nature I was very sorry to hear of the pereveme nts of the Harris famlies I hope the al wise God may do unto them as he did unto jobe of old bless thare future years you said you wished you could take our places down hear do you think you could stand out on gard one of theese cold nights and if you could do'nt you thin we wou ld be as unhappy if all the Ladies ware hear and we ware at home you wrote as if you had been trying to get me to change my love for you but alass how could I you are constantly in my thoughts by day and my dreams by night & God forbid that I should ever love another woman I have often thought dear Kate that you never loved me as I did you but found the keys of my heart and took pity on me. It seemes to me that man is one of Gods weakest instruments well Kate I have not entirely quit chew ing tobacco yet I have used one plug since I came back to the company I used to chew two a week I hope I may entirely quit before long; uncle John was wounded at the sharps burg fight in the arm, I exspect he is in buckingham. Bro John had a letter for me from Sister when I came down She was well and going to school I would like very much to see her Jake is well and looks harty cous, Jimmie is enjoying the same bles sing I must bring my letter to a close as it is afto twelve oclock Abe stayed up and bothered me untill eleven trying to find out who I was going to write to my respects to all; the family write soon as I am always glad to hear from you let no one see this
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75Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires 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 crave
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76Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 April 30  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I have diped my pen in fluid for the purpose of dropping you a fiew lines. My health is remarcably good. I think work agrees with me for I am getting fatter evry day. Well I declair I do not no what to write to interrest you. I was out to see George Britten{1} last Sabbath. He is looking very badly. He sais he will not be able to return to camp before May cherries get ripe Miſs Lizzie Brown was thare. It was the first time I have been in her company for the last four year; She is a very nice lady. George & her are engaged I think I told george that I would be ashamed to come home & let the ladies see me looking as badly as he does All the girls told me to give you thare respects I told them I would in a day or two. Miſs Kate B. came just as I was get ting on my horse to leave. If I had known she was coming I would have stayed a fiew minutes longer I stoped at Burkes Kate as usual had the blues. I will be down friday eavning or early Saturday morning to take you to Staunton, if the weather will permit & providence agreeing, you must be sure to go for I think it will be a pleasent trip to me at any event It is now noon & Tom{2} is teling me it is time for to go to the corn field I am scoreing out corn ground I hope this may find you enjoying good health I will give you a verce or two of poetry & close
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 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 May 23  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: As I have a good opportunity of sending you a few lines, I accept it with pleasure & hasten to inform you of my whearabouts & health, My health is very good but my greatgreat toe will I am afraid give me some trouble before it gets well I had to have part of mythe bone removed And I hope when it gets well this time that I may have no more trouble with it, I had inten ded comming down this eavin ng am not able on account of my presant lamneſs, I hope it may not be long before I get able to go about. for I get so lonesome Well very propberably I have the blues some times & you may well immagin thare cause” “I want to see my bonnie wee Kate”, “Well you must sympathise with me in my afflictios Well Kate you ought to have been in town on the 20th to have witneſst Dr. Hay opperrate on my toe. It seemed quite amu sing to Burk & Dr Hay. When I began to awake, one of the men waiting on me had on a yankee uniform I hollowed to him hault you yankee Burk told me to spit on him & I tried my best & some other childleſs things I was gilty of for a few minutes after I woke up I was very sorry I did not get to see Cous Lis but I would a great deal rather see my Kate for tis then I can enjoy my self, oh Kate I konow you would laughſ at me hop ping on crutches Well I must bring this uninterresting epstal to a close I would be most hap py to hear from you at any time I will come down as soon as I can bare to ride a horse I ask an interest in all your prayers
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78Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1863 June 3  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I recieved you most welcome ed note this morning by Lizzie It found me something better than I was last Sabbath. My toe is little or no better yet. I suffer a grate deal with it & exspect for it to be pain full for a week or two. dear Kate you wish me to come down & more its my great desire to come soon as I posibly can, I will have to improove very fast if by I get down the last of the week for I am so weak at present that I cannot hop across the room without assistance I hope by the last of the week I may be able to find the way to my darlings side I had a grate notion to tell Lizzie that she might have let you come up today in her place. But she might have told me better I am a thousand times better obliged to toyou for the eatables you sent My appetite is something better that it was some days past well L has come & wants to go so I cannot write much more be in good spirits I am so sad I cannot w o rite any thing that will be of interreſs I will come down soon as I posibly can
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79Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1864 January 21  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I take the present opportunity of answering your letter of the tenth. I was truly glad to hear fromyou But alas it bore tidings that went like poisind misles to my heart I have set down before for the purpose of writing to you; but my heart failed me, And now with a sad heart, I attempt to drop you a few lines, My health is very good, this I sincerely hope may find you enjoying both health and hapineſs, I have no news of moment; worth your attneention so you must look for an uninterresting letter You may well imagine my heart is full to over flowing; you ask me if my K— would prove faithleſs towards me could I forgive her. Dear Kate you know that I have a forgiving heart If you should learn to love another man better than me; or that you could enjoy your future hapineſs better with your first lover than with boor W I would be heartleſs not to free you & forgive you; though I could never forget or seace to love you. To harber such thoughts as I have alluded to above make me feel miserable: To think that my first love should be rect. or thrown away on one fair to good for me, one that is good pure & virtueous who made vows unto me while her first love seemed to be dieing away, Then after a long time she again meets him: & her old love is rekindled for him, & she to good and kind to hide it from me has opened her hold heart to me And asks me what she ought to do under such circumstances Dear Kate what kind of an answer can I give but pray Almighty God to help you to prove true to who ever you love; best; I am resined to the will of providence Dear Kate if you should ever learn to forget me I pray thee to never boast of having fooled me; thareby ading pain to a true but wounded heart, if you should sease to love I would have nothing to live for in this world; I do'nt see that I should desire to live out this war But would be wiling to throw my self in danger of the misles of death that I might quit this frail world & be at reast I will change this; to me; “painfull subject. I hope that you are happy and are trying to interrest your kind & docile Brother that is now with you. I hope he may enjoy evry hour of his short stay at home, I was on picket when he started for home; Brother John is at home on furlough poor fellow was very sick when he left camp I went as far as Orange with him. I have had to haul him thare in a ambulance I have never hurd from him but hope he arrived safly at home, No doubt he will pay you all a visit before return ing to camp, oh yes you said that in fifteen days that Lizzie was going to leave home you left me to gueſs for what purpose I supposed that she is going to get mar ried if so I would like very much to be at home & see her name changed my kindest regards to L— & tell her that I wish her much hapineſs through all the changes of this life My repects to all enquiring friends if thare be any I had a very strange dream the other night I drempt that me & you had fallen out & Rachel Cro was intersee ding for me, I must close you must write soon & a long letter give me all the perticulars consurning L.nothing more
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80Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisRequires cookie*
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1864 April 10  
 Published:  2000 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: I recieved yours of the 21st on the sixth; I failed in reciev ing your letter in time to write to you before you would leave home, Thought it best to wait a day or two then direct to Lexington; Thare never was a letter recieved with more pleasure, or perused with more interest; When Abe returned to camp we ware on picket & did'nt get to camp untill the 4th; I believe my letter was enclosed in one of packes he gave it to me on the 6th I hope you will not be low spirited when this reaches you for I do not feel as if I could interest you this eavening. I spent part of the four noon of this blessed day at our little chaple; Thare was a large congregation all seemed to pa strict attention to the word of life; oh how I do wish all our soldiers would become pious men I am sure then our armies would be invincible I sometimes think your brother is trying to be a better boy. I pray I may be right for I hope to see him a true christian I nead not ask you to make him a special object in your secreet communings for I am sure you do,; Thare is no news in camp worth your attention. Evrything is quiet as far as I know The wether has been very inclemment for the last two weeks;) first snow then rain my darling Kate you said your face could not ware a joyous smile, untill you could behold my face, Cheer up my ever faithfull one I hope the time will soon hasten round when we may meet, But I pray the not to put off smiling untill I come, but rather try & be cheerfull & hapy. darling I am sorry that my last letter brought with it sorrow to thy noble heart; God knows I would not purpos ly give the trouble. Would that I ware so situ ated that I could say to the idle of my heart lean upon my heartarm an I will support the through life with a willingneſs that would now no end.” That dream of yours oh that it was a reality I   my hapineſs would be compleat, Often in my nightly slumber you are by my side & I wake finding my arms around my friend Trot—oh i Dear Kate I fear you have some clue that will be injurious to your kind sisters hapineſs in the future I wou ld be sorry if anything should accur to cause her to be sorry for her change in life I have heard rumers but I hope thay are al false My wish is that she may be hapy throughout her days, You need not look for me this summer without sickneſs or the Yanks give me a fur lough. The detail I was at home on counted as a furlough I would be sadisfied if I was sure you ware hapy, Abe told me you desired me to direct your letter in the care of your friend Rachel I think we had better continue to direct as we have in the past for if your parents shuld ever find out you were corissponding with me in a secreet way thare anger would be increased against both of uns; while they do not positivly object we had best write openly dear Kate what can I do to alleviate your troubles, I love you yes passionately & if you think you have ever treated me rong I forgive thee, & will if you will permit love and cherish the more then I ever did, I believe my own coldneſs brought on our troubles about but I believe they will be a blesing to us both I am sure it has drawn thee nearer to me, I can only say speed on sweet day when I may meet thee. I must soon close My health is very good & I hope this may find you enjoying the same with ceerfull spirits. Give my love to you sister & writesoon It is getting so dark that I can hardly see how to write I have not hurd from Bro. Charles only by your letter Sister is well She desires to know your name I will give it to her in my next letter, Now may the blessing of a great & good God be with you
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