University of Virginia Library

1861-12-15

I received your
kind and interrestingletter
a few days ago, I was verry
glad to hear from you all
and also to hear from my
sweat hearts I wan to see
them verry bad indeed tho
I dont think thare is eny
chance for me to git a
furlow, the Col[1] has prom
ised to let the married
men got home when he
gets in to winterquarters,
I hird this morning that
our Regiment was going to
move to Gainesville this
week to fix thar winter
quarters, that is about 12 miles
from here back to wards Wincher
ter rite on the Rail Road[2]

I expect to stay here until
thay get fixed up, and then
thay will move the bag age
to the Regiment I like ve
to stay here verry well
I get extra pay and have
a lighter task than I would
if I were at the Regiment [3]

I think thay have
given aut fighting
at Centrevill this win
ter, I saw a gentle man
the other day just from
Washington he said he
did not think the yankees
would try us at here
eny more, the yankees took
him prisner the 13 of last July
and kept him until last
week, he said his fair was
verry rough indeed, and he
said thay was 60,000 sick yankees
in Washington

thar was too men shot
at Centreville last week for
trying to kill thar Com manding
affesers, thay I understood thay
gave the Romancatholic
Priest 25 dollars apeace to save
thar souls,

I cant think of eny thing to
write that will interest you
so I will come to a close
write soon, gave my best respects
to all inquiring frends and share
a good portion for your self

tel cousin Eliza ann Williams
to write to me,

you must speak aheap er good
words to the ladies for me
in the Crismas,