Satterday

Oct 17^th 1863

Convalescent Camp Virginia

My dear Sarah

                        I received your kind letter on yesterday also I received a newspapr which you scent to me at the same time. The letter was dated Oct 12 the paper Oct 8. I was very glad to receive them as I thought very long to hear from you dear Mussy I am very sorry to hear that you ware not very well at the time that you wrote to me but I do hope that you are well by this time I am glad to heare that Miles Pierce is agoing to move in to your house and stay untill spring it will be company for you and you will not feel so lonesome as you have been nor neither will the time appear so long to you. dear Mussy I feal very much disapointed on account of not getting home to sea you at the time I expected/and know that you feal very much disapointed two but I think that I will yet be granted a furloe to go home to sea you yet this fall. at the time that I wrote to you that I would be at home at the Election it was agreed here that all the Pennsylvania soldiers would in this Camp would get furloes to go home to the Election when the time came their naimes ware all taken down and forwarded to Washington Citty for furloes to go home but at that time thy ware so many Pennsylvanians going home out of the different hospitels in this section of country that we could not get Transportation to go as the rail rode cars was full daily with persons returning home Thy are in this Camp about three thousand Pa Pennsylvanians as much disapointed as I have been with respect to getting home. but you may rest ashured that I will go home as scoon as I can/get privilage to go dear Mussy Thy have been a good deal of fiting going on in frunt during the last week General Lee has driven Generail Mead and his armey back to within about thirty miles of this camp and it is feared here that the rebbels will either make another raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania or attack Washington Citty on last nite thy ware over one thousand men sent from this Camp to Washington to throw up Corlifications to protect the citty in case it should be attacted also thy came an order into this Camp this morning to have all soldiers here that is able to go to be sent to the frunt as scoon as posable I do not know whether I will have to go yet or not but I think as I am detailed here as Asist Ward Master that I will not have to go/

Doctor Highold you state in your letter is at home now he has not been in this Camp for some time back about six weeks ago he was ordered to go to Philadelphia as surgan for a negro Regement since that time he has not been here if he had been here at the time of the Election I think that we would all have got home dear Sarah I am well at this time and I do hope that these lines will find you engoying also good health and I do hope that you have got better on the 11 of this month I sent you a letter and on last Monday I sent you a newspaper I expect you have received them on yesterday I sent a paper to grand Pap which I hope he will receive please give my love to him and to all the rest of enquiring friends and now my dear Sarah I conclude by sending my Affectinate love to you also I send you 26 sweet kisses from your Affectinate husband

            W. Rodgers to Sarah. Rodgers

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