Satturday Sept 26^th 1863

Convalescent Camp Virginia

My dear Sarah

            on yesterday I received  your kind letter it was dated Sept 20^th. I was very glad to hear that you was engoying good health and was getting along as well as you do, in this letter you do not state whether Nancy Woods and hir Brother has mooved in with you or not nor neither do you state whether Oliver Woods is married yet or not. when you write to me let me know whether you or his Childrin has heard any thing latly of William P. Woods latly or not I have not heard any thing from him for a long time when I left the Regement he was not very well at that time and I would like to know whare he is/You state in your letter that the Clements house has been sold if it was sold for what you say I think that it was sold very high and at its full value considering the times I did not think that it would have sold so high what you heard about me agoing to vote for gov. Curtin is true since I have been in the Army I have chainged my oppinion with respect to that officier and if us soldiers is allowed to vote on the day of the Election Gov Curtin will receive ninty five votes out of every one hundred votes in the Army he is very poplar among the soldiers the whole army are down on the Copperheads of the North we would like to sea them in frunt awhile a fiting for their countrees freedom then fiting at home/

The newspaper you say you sent to me on last Sunday week I have not received it yet your letters I get but very seldom I get the papers you send I am alway very ancious to sea a Brookville paper the reason of their miscarring so offten I can not account for it dear Mussy we have not been paid here yet we have been expecting to have been paid two months pay sometime this month but have not heard anything about it yet but expect it some time scone I have only five cents left now of the two dollars which you sent me some time ago you nead not send me any at this time I still think that we will get some pay before long

I am still Assistent Ward Master here and am getting along very easy I have not much to do/here but walk around the most of my time we have had a cold spell of wether here for a week back the days are a little warm but the nites are very cold and I think that is is very unhelthy. The soldiers are dying of very fast here in the hospitels.

Dear Mussy I am engoying very good health at present and hopping that you are engoying the same blessing give my love and respects to all enquiring friend

dear Mussy I send my love and best respects to you also I send to you 25 sweet Kisses in return of the sweet kises you sent to me. This from your Affectinate husband

                        W. Rodgers to Mrs. Sarah Rodgers

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