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1Author:  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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