Camp Hancock Near Fredricksburgh Virginia

                                                                                                May 23^rd 1863

My dear wife on last nite I received two letters and one newspaper from you the letters one was dated May 15^th the other on the 16^th. Thy all ware recived at one time thy contained some postage stamps I was very happy to hear from you and in pertickler to hear that you was well and and engoying good health dear Musy I was glad to hear that you had received the four letters which I sent to you containing mony In these letters I think that I sent you sixty five dollars you say you only received sixty dollars I think/perhaps you are mistaken The first letter contained 10 $ the second 20 the third 20 and the last 15. Making in all sixty five I had got to be very uneasy about it I was a fraid that you would not get it I thought it a long time going as you had never wrote to me that you had received it untill yesterday thy are so many robries now in the mails I had almost concluded it was lost dear Musy you can use this mony as you sea proppr you should live comfortable and I do not want you to want for any thing to make you so, dear Musy you write that Mrs Scott has left and mooved to Corcica/

[margin: you done write in giving your mony to your brother to keep]

I am sory that you are now left alone it is so lonesome to live so—dear Musy you state that Peter Kitchin was to move into the room which Mrs. Scott occupied as for this you may do as you think best I know that you would be very lonesome to live alone if you let him have it have the Artickel drawen for him to pay his rent either monthly or quartly and have it so that you can make him leave in ten days notice to leave in case he should fail to pay his rent as it becoms due it is no use to find peaple houses to live in unless thy pay ther rents I wrote to you a letter a few days ago perhaps you have not yet received it yet/I stated in it that it was rumered here in this camp that we was registerd in washington that we are nine months men if so our time will be out on the eighth day of June if this is true I will be home if I live shortly after that time we are all regoicing at the prospect of getting home if this turns out not to be so we will have to stay the three years The wethr is very warme and dry here and very dusty the sun is almost two warm to be in it we have  not done very much since the battle I have to go on picket about 2 days and nites in a week we picket on the bank of the rappahanack opposete the Citty of Fredricksburgh I am well write scoon and let me know how you are my love to you I remain your affectinate husband

WRodgers  to S. Rodgers

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