June 3^rd 1863

 

Camp Hancock Near

            Fredricksburgh Virginia

My dear Sarah. on yesterday I wrote a letter to youn in answer to the one I received from you which letter was dated on the 24^th of May on last nite I received another letter from you which was dated on the 26^th wrote only two days later then the one was which I answerd yesterday. not having much to do in Camp to day I concluded I would write to you and let you know that I had received your letter of the 26^th May I was glad to hear from you and to hear that you was well and engoying good health you can tell Mary that the letters she said that she wrote to me I have not received any of them yet I would like/to receive them as I would like to receive a letter from hir

dear Mussy as I wrote to you on yesterday I have not any news of much consequence to write to you at this time only that I am well and engoying very good health in my next letter I think I will be able to inform you as to our going home scoon or not it is still belived here by the boys that our chance is yet good to go home our officers will not give us any information on the subject it is thought here that thy do not want to let us know untill the order comes for us to start home I do hope my dear Mussy that this may turn out to be true they are a great many rumers now in camp about it but I cannot say yet if it is true or not but we/live in hopes that it may be so thy are very few of us but wants to get home we are all getting tired of fiting and risking our lives mearly for the freadom of the negrowes we are begining to think that it wont pay uncle sam very well even if he should succede in freeing them I think that thy are better whare thy are it is very warm wether hear now so warm that we can hardly stand the heat of the sun the peaches and appels here are more than half growen we will have appels fit to eat here before long the cherrys are now nearly ripe thy are no farming doing in this part of the country at all it is nothing but a barran waist I do not suppose that thy are one fenced field within twenty miles of this camp/fine farms and houses all are distroyed please give my love and best respects to Oliver Mary and childrin also my love to all of the other friends and now my dear Musy I send my love to you and do hope that we will meat each other at home before long this from your Affectinate husband I also send to you my dear Musy 20 sweet kisses please except them I bid you good by for the present

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                        Sarah Rodgers

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