Convalescent Camp Virginia Sept 7^th 1863

Dear Sarah, the last letter which I have received from you was dated on the 30^th August I was glad to hear that you ware well and getting along midling well. in your letter you tell me that Robert Clements is drafted I would like to know whether he intend coming to war or not tell him for me that if I was in his place I would not come he dose not know anything about the hard times men has in the army and how thy are exposed to all kinds of wether both nite and day either doing guard or picket duty through all kinds of wether which is suffeciant of itsself to ruin the health of the stoutest of men tell him he has the means and that if I was him I would rather pay the three hundred dollars then come though he will do as he thinks best, dear Sarah in my last letter I told you that if thy ware any chance here for you of getting a place that I would let you know thy are no imployment here for weman yet thy are some weman here who airens their living by washing for the soldiers and some of them makes mony by it but thy have no comfortable place to stay thy encamp out in tents and sleeps on the ground the same way that soldiers dose and it takes a very stout woman to stand it/long This I would not allow you to do I would have been very glad if you had a come and sean me at the time that Ms Heighold came as you would have had company but you could not have staid here any more then a few days untill you would have had to a returned home again as I have no conveniant way here to keep any person you would have to encamp out in a tent and perhaps lay on the ground, which I would not like to sea you do

 

[Margin: I am glad Oliver was not drafted]

 

dear Sarah I am well at present and do hope that these lines will find you also engoying good health I am sory to hear of grand Pap being afflicted with the Canser in his noes but I do hope that he will have the good fortain to get it cured when you write always let me know how he is getting I have not heard any thing about my pocket book yet which I had stole. The wether is not so warm here now as it was the nites is now getting coole and the days are not so warm as thy have been dear Mussy if I can be so fortunate as to get a furlow I will go home to sea you perhaps some time towards the last of Novembr if I can give my love to grand Pap and all the rest of my friends and I now conclude by sending my love to you I send you also 26 sweet kisses from your Affectin husband

to Sarah Rodgers

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