March 10/63

 

            Dear Lib I will write you a few lines if I have time I dont know what to call the kname of this camp we moved acrose hear yesterday and camped hear last night I recieved a letter before I came over hear that rozill wrote when your eyes was sore you wrote some in the letter I got too from you last night one from father and kate wrote in one of you letters they are back letters last night when the letters came abe and me had our boards laid down and had got most to sleep when the letters came and I jomped out purty quick you write me some good letters you sed you was going home I think that is the best thing you can do you sent me a curl of nets hare it dos look cuning dear I am glad you sent it you sed you was that netty had got better I am glad she is I do hope you and her will have good helth I am sory you have got sore eyes you must see a good docter and cure them you tend to it dear lib I think evry thing of the picture / nety looks so funy I have brought it with me and the rest of the things I boxed up and left to my tent I persume I shal loose them I brought the cake with me the fruit cake is jest knice as it was when you made it I have got a niger to cary my load today I got too one cares my load and one caries abes load all they want is what they can eat I am bound to make the nigers do my work and they are willing to do it you sed that ad wanted the [?] you can let her have them and the b[?]k is mine I had wheal charge it to me because I thought I should nead it on the farm you can sell that to her if you wanto do the best you can I got a letter from leroyes wife she rote the sad knews of aurela hosbond death I persume you have herd of it before know he died with the feaver I knew he would not stand it he allwayes had fits Leroy was purty sick yesterday bot he feals better to day. The docter sent all of the sick and Hirom burrel fel out before we went / acrose he dont mount to enything ed gowdy is with us but he dont think he stand it well he haint got his strength yet bot he is purty smart Billy Watters he has come to he haint got his strength yet I think he will fall out I have got some boards set up and a blanket over me to keep the son off it is very hot george rowly and del luis is under hear with me and they rasing the very devel george has fild dels shirt fol of gras so he has got to take his shirt of I think we will lay hear till all the men gets acrose we shal have a big army hear I dont where we are going bot I guess to red river we persobly shal have purty warm time bot I think we can make them find thear holes we are on a knice peace of ground clover a foot hy you spoke abought leting father have money I dont think you had better let him have eny more abe is going to send his money to him purty soon / you sed you was going to let glowdy have the money that will do if he want it. there is quite a excitement here among the boyes that bill peapels is going to take his three companies out of the servis dear lib hope it is so bot I dont put motch confidence in it I hope it is so bot I want one more fight and I guess I shal get it I feal well and my faith is good kait rote a good letter to me and I will write jest as soon as I can and to rozill to kait thinks she dont have motch time to write if she was hear she would now motch time I had for writing bot I have no falt to find with the girls they have don well Lib I will have to close I cant write half what I want this haint no place to write bot I thought I would write a little I will send you too beary pods from your tru and loving Hosbond          to his dear wife Lib Hakes

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