| | 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 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 | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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