Camp Hancock Near Fredricksburgh Virginia May 20^th 1863

My dear wife I take my pen once more to inform you my dear that I am well at present and I do hope that these lines will find you and all the friends engoying the same good health dear Musy I have nothing of much importance to write to you at this time as I wrote to you only three days ago I feal uneasy to hear from you I received your letter dated the 10^th May I immediatly answerd it and gave you instructions how to act with respect to Frank Hull and the artickle which letter I hope you will receive dear Mussy they are a story surculated in this camp at the present time that we are all regoicing at. at present and we all hope it may be tue/but the story seams rather too good to be true it is this when we left home and came to Harrisburgh we ware Mustard into service and sworn in for three years or during the warr unless scooner discharged it now appears or at least it is said to be true that when we arived in Washington Cittey on our way here that our Reidgement was registerd in the office of the war department as nine months men this is said to be done in order to fill up the Cota of nine months men which was not full at that time whether this is true or not we do not know yet but from sircumstances we nearly believe it to be true and I hope dear Musy it is if this turns out to be true we will all be at home/about the 10^th of June oh dear Mussy I hope this may be true as I would like to sea you and home once more the wether is now very warm here almost two warm to stand it yet the nites are rather coole I am now burnt nearly black with the sun I would like to get out of it but I have had no reason to complain as my health has been mideling good ever since I left home dear Musy I feal very uneasey for fear you have not received the mony I sent to you during the battle I sent you four letters the first was dated on the 27 Aprile I enclosed in it ten dollars and while I was on the battle field I wrote two letters to you informing you how the battle was agoing and that I was/still among the living in each of these letters I enclosed to you twenty dollars and two days after the battle and after we retreated back to this camp I wrote to you and enclosed fifteen dollars to you making in all sixty five dollars this mony I think you aught to have received if it went safe before this time but you have not wrote yet to me any thing about it I think it imposable for all of these letters to miscary after the first day of June you nead not write to me untill you receive a letter from me as we may be on our rode home about that time dear Musy give my love to all enquiring friends and now my dear Musy I send my love to you I also send to you 25 sweet kises good by my dear Musy for the present

WRodgers to Sarah Rodgers

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