Satturday Sept 19^th 1863

Convalescent Camp Virginia

My dear Sarah

on yesterday I received a letter from you it was dated on the 13^th of this month I would have wrote to you some few days ago but I was expecting a letter from you and I thought I would not write untill I received a letter from you. I have not got any thing very new to write to you at this time I am still in this Camp and getting along very well and I am engoying very good health at this time your letter had enclosed in it two postage stamps in it I am under an obligation to you for keeping me in stamps as regular as you do—so I can not have any excuse for not writing to you often—James Dowling was in this Camp a few/a few days in the begining of this weak he had been wounded in the battle at gettisburgh and had been in the Philadephia hospitels he has got midling well now and was on his rode to goin his regement again. Thy ware two boys came to this Camp on yesterd one of their names is Farrangr the other is Lewis Stallman thy are both of them from Jefferson County and both belong to Company I, the same company which I belong to I was very glad to meat them thy ware both of them wounded in the battle of Gettisburgh and was both sent to Philadelphia thy ware in Chestnut hill hospitle thy told me that Jacob Haugh is till their yet. Thy said that Jacob had got a fall a short time ago and that he had got his shouldr nocked of joint but that it was getting better thy are agoing to their regement in a few days. I understand/that the Army of the Potomac is now on the move thy have now crosed the Rappahanock River and mooving southward to meete Generial Lee and the Rebel Army again. I think that thy will be another fite betwene General Mead and Lee before long. Lee has recruted his Army since he was chased out of Pennsylvania it is said that he has now one hundred and twenty five thousand fiting rebels under his command and if the two armies meets thy will be anothr very hard battle fot in Virginia which will destroy a great many lives again. dear Mussy the newspaper you say you sent to me at the time you sent this last letter I have not received it yet but perhaps may by the next mail. The other paper that you sent me that had the names in of the drafted men in Brookville and County I only received it on last Saturday I was sorry to hear of the/trouble that Dick Expy and Andy Mcclane has got into I rather think that Espy will be shot as thy ware six men shot last weeke for the same offence by order of Generial Mead. I am glad to hear that Nancy Woods is a going to moove in with you this winter as thy will be company for you. you do not say anything about Oliver Woods being married yet or not perhaps it has fell through dear Mussy I have been getting my washing done by a negro woman ever since I came to this Camp she lives about two miles from here she washes for a good many of the soldiers here hir husband comes for our durty cloths and brings them back to us when washed and charges us five cents a piece for washing. Mrs Highold and famly is still here thy are all well. dear Mussy I do hope that this letter will find you still engoying good health I am very well sattisfied to hear that you are agoing to have the house wethrboard this fall it will make it warmer give my love to all equiring friend dear Mussy I send my affectinate love to you and do hope that I may be prmited to return home to sea you this fall I send you 22 kises in return for the sweet kises which you sent me good by for the present my dear Mussy                 W. Rodgers to Sarah Rodgers

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