H^d Q^rs 64 Regt OVVI

 Camp Irwin Texas

Oct 8/65

                                               

Dear Beloved Wife

            Having time this morning I will write you a short letter also to pass away time as we have nothing to do but cook and eat but that is all most of us wants to do we are getting to be the lazyest mortals you ever saw but hunger drives us out

 

            Well Let I have no nuse of importance to write you excepting the 26 ohio also 49 & 15 have orders for mustering the regiments out we are also looking for orders for ours and 65 soon probably the next lot that goes out we will be the luckey ones I cannot say for certain to 15 & 49 going out but that is the nuse here

 

            This leaves me improoving in health I had a severe torn of the brake bone feever but broke it up hope it will not bother me more all the way we can keep clear of it is by taking quinine every fiew days 

 

Oct 10

            Let I will try and finish my missive to you my health continues to improove hope I may have good health soon I believe we are in a healthy place the air is cool and bracing excepting in the midle of the day have a pleasant breese most of the time

 

            Well Let I cannot write you anny nuse this time hope soon to be permitted to tell you all where I can do it with much more comfort and a better will but it will take about too weeks for me to recruit up for we geet wormy crackers mouldy flower sour and rusty meat all of which is condemnd as should be the colonel is going to see what he can do about it I hope he will succeed

 

            Well we expect to moove to Victoria next week 18 miles distant but I hope we may geet orders to make out our papers and go home before we geet orders to moove up there the 26 are busy at their rolls

 

            Let I have oft thought what I could do to buisy my self at this winter if I am so luckey as to geet home I reckon I would stay at Dad Ewings a part of the time at least

 

            I have often thought I should / like to visit old auburn there is many a dear old spot there where I spent my child hood many a time have my thought wanderd back to my younger days that passed so swiftly by it seems as but yesterday there also is many dear friends and associates that I should like to see and pass away a fiew pleasent hours with them but Let you must not think that I donot think of you with the rest of them that are dear to me no let you are first and last in my thoughts your image is imprinted on my heart

 

            Well Let I must close as it is most dark James is very well also of the rest of the company our mail comes very irregular here have had no mail for several days will not for some days to come well I must close as the musquitos are bad write soon

 

Love to all

I am your ever

Loving Husband

Frank Ashley 

 

Camp Irwin Texas

            Oct 12

            Let since I wrote the former part of this letter we have had some from John Sherman through the war department it is a request made by Sherman to the Secretary of War for the 64 & 65 to be musterd out the request came here yesterday for the approoval of the commanders of each regiment it is thought it will be a shure thing

 

            Well Let I must close and mail my letter this leaves all well give my best wishes to all and receive this from a sincere friend

                                   

I am yours as ever

Frank Ashley

 

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Co H 64 Regt OVVI

Indianolia Texas

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