Camp Beaver Oct 19^th 1862

Dear Sarah I again set down to rite a line to you to inform you that I am well and I do hope that you Oliver Mary & Childrin are also well and doing well—Dear Mussy on last Sunday I sent you a letter I do not know whether you have received it or not The last letter I received from you was dated the 5 Oct I have been looking for a letter from you before this time but I expect that you are so buisy that you can scarsly find time to write. on yesterday we ware all paid our bounty mony twenty seven dollars I enclose you ten dollars in this letter and in three days from now I will enclose you ten dollars more I do not like to send it all in one letter for fear of a miscarage when you receive this write to me Imeditly and let me know that you have received it The seven dollars I will keep to pay/for washing and other nesaries which I may nead we do not expect to draw any more mony untill we be in the sevise 3 or four months by the 15^th day of Nov I will have 3 months pay due me which which I may get shortly after that time This mony perhaps will do you untill I draw again I had entended to write to Mary Thompson before now but I have not had time yet to write to hir as I have hardly time to write to you but I will the first spare time I get tell Oliver to write to me and send me a Brookville newspaper that has the returns of the election in our hospitle is now full of sick which takes up our time nite and day to attend to them I close with sending my love to you, Mary & Oliver and Their Childrin tell Ely I would like to sea hir & Hary I remain your affectinate husband

                                                                        W.Rodgers to S. Rodgers

When you write direct your letter to Cockeysville 148 Reigement P. V. in care of Capt Marlin Baltimore County Maryland

 

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contented but do in this as you like best yourself dear Mussy in your letter to day I received three postage stamps in it I was very glad to get them as I only had one stamp a head of me before I received your letter I believe I have wrote every thing that I can now think of at this time please write to me at least onece every week and I will do the same to you. if you have not received a letter from me every week it is not my falt it is the falt of the post officies. Dear Mussy I am in very good health at present I have got now well of the rheumatism and I am getting along very well and I do hope my dear Mussy that these lines will find you also engoying good health and happines please give my love to Mary & Oliver Thompson and Childrin also please give my love and respect to all equiring friends I conclude my dear Mussy by sending my love to you also except 25 sweet kises from me good by dear Musse for the present this from your Affectinate husband

W.Rodgers  to Sarah Rodgers

 

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dear Sarah when you write to me let me know if you have a box in the Post office yet or not if you have send me the Number of it in one of your letters you said that you had not been at old Andy Vastbinders since I left home let me know whether you and the old bovine had a fall out or not good by Mussy for the present       W.Rodgers

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