| | 1 | Author: | Brand, William F. | Add | | | Title: | William F. Brand to Amanda C. Armentrout, October 11, 1863  | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I recieved your kind & interesting letter
this morning and being on a resurved post I hasten
to reply My health is very good & hope this may find you enjoying the
same. Evry thing is quiet along the lines our foes are
quietly watching us from the north side of the Rapidan evry thing would betoken a friendly appearance if our Officers would
allow us to trafick with the Yankees, a great many of
our boys bought topacco for the purpose of trading
for coffee; with all the yankee notions that might be brought forward for the
exchange of the great southern weed your
cousin Jimmie V has been complaining for some time he looks badly I came across
him the other day in the woods lying down when I first came upon him I felt like
kneeling down beside him & raising him in my arms I stoped for about a minute & looked at him & then
called him by name I asked him how he felt. he said about
as usual was just suning him self a little you need
not be in the least uneasy abut Jake no doubt he will
write to say as he is left in camp well Kate Jake made me blush the other day by
asking whare I was he was looking at me at the same
time. Abe answering told him I was writing to his sis. Jake then said he
suspicioned that then all the boys commenced laughing you may well now it was very hard to keep from blushing all the boys
tease me a grate deal more since I come back than thay ever did before but I never mind them. I often tell
them you said you had a grate deal of company since my return I am glad for I
know you can always enjoy your self when in gay company I suppose you have been
wandering
whare I got my red ink. Our post is near a patch of
Poakroads perries of which Brother John made the ink
that I am now using I hope it may last longer than the marks of a lead pencil. I
told John that Hettie sent her love to him he blushed and replied that he would
hafto return the compliment Thare is none but & myself in this post.
we have a gay time John says he will not believe that
H sent her respects to him unless I will let him read the letter he says he
nows that Hettie is to
backward to send her love to any one and says the blame must rest on you I
obliged him a great deal about the blush on his cheek telling him that it was a
hidden disease. I was in hopes that
Charles was at home by this time I hope while he is an exile that he may be
tamed I have never heard from sister since I returned to camp I am very ancious to hear from her I will write again to be sure
that she may hear from me. oh Kate I have no news & how am I to interrest you you said you had paid Kate a visit
& that you ware rather fearfull that Tom will
not come; I hope he will for if he disapoints her
She wil take it very hard if she should be so fortunate
as to get married I hope you may be thare &
enjoy yourselves to the gratest advantage I think Mr
Lee wil hardly let me of this
time as I had such a long stay this summer. My toe is getting so that I can
stand the truss very well The boys are mostly in fine spirits
Jake is not very wil this morning but I think its
nothing more than a slight bilious attack & will be well in a day or
two
they just remind me of my duty to write
to your cous; John B to get that ring finished & return it to you Miss
Kate Shields wil probably think that her ring is gone We
have prayer meeting one night and preaching the next I believe the boy generally like our new chaplain the Rev. Mr. See. I
think he is a good man & a noble Preacher hope his efforts may be
crowned with success your cous, He sends
his respects to you oh yes Jim Campbell told me to tell you that he was going to
strut in that confederate
unaform that he is going to get of him I must bring
this to a close by asking an interest in your prayers write soon as I am always
ancious to hear from you I remain yours truly as
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