In Camp Oposite Vicksburg Feb 11^th 1862 [sic]

 

My Dear Wife

                        I must write you a line today though I dont know when it will go I have nothing to write of much interest. It has been a sad day for C^o C. You must break it to Mrs Dorrity as well as you can her brother W^m Greenlee died yesterday of small pox and F. W. Morse 1^st Corporal of fever and chronic Diareah. Benj. Greenlee has the small pox but is better and think he will get better Dorrity has not got it yet and hope he will not. We have had onley the two cases in our Company and I think it will not spread as they have been removed away by themselves Greenlee was as well taken care of as he could be and decently buried Mr Campbell knew Morse well his Father was born in Hancock and a relative of the Dublin Morses. You wished to know what ailed me at Ark Post I thought I wrote you but suppose I did not. I had the diareah but am now entireley well and shall try my best to keep so. I have received one letter from you with one from Aunt Eliza dated Jan 11^th but there has been two mails that I did not get any thing. I am going to do better hereafter about writeing and keep a letter ready to send all the time for we have no regular mail. I am writeing in a blank book that we got at the Post I hope you will excuse the paper. You need not send me any more stamps as my letters will go just as well without and I am not sure of geting them. Friend C.B.C. I have spent the last of the gold dollar you gave me for apples at 5 cents each and they done me much much good as we have had no vegetables since we came here. How much would I give to eat some of your potatoes and cream and apple sauce or any thing elce that you have and I hope and pray that before another winter I can be with you and the dear children and enjoy life once more. I shall send you all the money I can when we are paid but I dont know when that will be. Keep up good courage my good brave little wife and do not worey about me. I have just heard that our Chaplain Mr McLeish starts for Clinton today I want you to send a box to me individualy in his care directed to me the same as my letters. I will not tell you what to send for I have wrote you about it before. I cary you and the children with me all the time and look it them many times and kiss them. may the great / God bless you all. I can see or hear no signs of peace but I think it will come before many months but it will not be on such terms as you and I wish. The proclamation is not enforced here and will not be. As I have wrote you before I have no hope for the slave and God onley knows what will become of the Nation but let it go Emelia we will make a little world of our own if I live to return to you and let the rest go to thunder I am glad you write me about the stock as I like to think of the colts pigs cows & chickens. Have you sold Kit yet I dont see how you have paid so many debts you can mannage better than I can. I wish you would write to Morses wife. Direct to Elgin Ill. she had one little boy poor woman my heart akes for her. How is Mrs. Wagner and the other neighbors. Give my regards to them all. Since I last wrote we have moved our camp up the river about 3 miles and I think work has seased on the canal I dont know what what is to be done but I guess nothing at presant write as often as you can

 

Truley your husband

G W Weston

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