Chantilly November Dec the 6 /62

 

Dear Father and Mother and Brothers and Sisters Inow take my pen in hand too let you know how William and my self are getting along wee are well and hope that this will find you all the same thare is snow on the ground 2 inchs deap hear now it fell last night and it is varey coald hear now fore too gow and stand on picket 24 ours gard thare gows my ink all over my lap let it gow thare is more whare this came from ihave had the ganders but iam as tuf as a not now wee are in the shelter tent thare is 3 of us in this and thare is rume enouf fore one and hardely that but wee have got too make the best of it thare was quite asture in camp on the first of / this month thare was some niggars came in too camp at 1 clock on Mounday morning and sead that the Reabbels ware at aplase cald alde and ware coming in this direction the drums beat the long role and the bugal serenade and such getting out of tents as that was you nore eney bodeyels every saw wee got our 60 rounds of cartreag and our guns and fell in too line in no time and was readey fore Jackson ore eney bodey els that dared too come but thare was no wone seamed too dare too come and make ous yankes aviset Sow when it came dalite the general Mc lane road along the lines and toald the men too bee readey at amoments notice But it was nothing but some Calvery that had come thare too seay see iff thare was eney of ous thare / not finding eney bodey thare they went some whare els alde is a small town about one days march that is about 15 or 20 miles from hear thare is not much too wright about hear at present ireceved that letter that you sent on the 1 of this month and those papors and was glad too hear from you at home and too hear that you are all well and those papors came in time fore ihad not had eney news in some time ishould licke too get some papor that has got the President mesage in when you wright agane send mee some cider in your letter wright as often as you can when you that the ware is ened wright and let yous know fore wee should not know wheather it is ened ore not down hear 

 

imust close now fore this time wright as soon as you get this

 

Good By fore this time from your Souns Samuel and William

 

Chantiley Dec 6^th 1862

Dear Father Mother Sisters and Brothers as Samuel was going to write i thought i would write a few lines and let you know that i am well and hope these few lines will find you the same Sam has given you all the nuse i suppose i have no time to read his letter so if i write the same thing he has wrote you must excuse me to day there was a rebel Cpt brought in to General Stalls head quarters look on the small paper for more No 1 you will sea the same on / this sheat

No 1

            The Cavelry came acrost this reb some where between here and thoroughfare Gap two or 3 days ago there was a young girl between 16 & 18 years old dressed in soldiers close taken by the Cavelry and brought to General Stalls head quarters She was a reb spy after being examined she was taken to General Siegel to do what he thought best with her when she started from Gen Stalls head quarters she jumped on the horse to go to Siegels head quarters and there was of corse a great many soldiers looking at her she told them to kiss her ___ and a great many other things that was not desent for a man to say She was a pretty fare specimen of the women they are all of the lowest grade of human beings the white girles are very ignorant as for the boys there is none left so we cannot tell wether they are the same or not but every thing looks the same 

 

we have just been out choping some wood the wether is pretty cool it snowed yesterday to the depth of 2 inches once level the ground has not been frozen any but 3 or 4 times the ground is not frozen at all and the snow will soon go if nothing happens and then it will be mud up to owr ancles or higher it is lovely down in Dixie and the Goos Hangs high we are all well and hope you are all the same write as often as you can.

 

James Kyle is in the tent with us he sends his love to all of the folks. No more at present Give owr love to all From your sones WAClark & SGClark      

                William A Clark

 

            Good night.

 

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write and let us know how mutch the pig weys

Paper is played out so is stamps

 

write as often as you can for we like to hear from home we will answer as many as we can Goodby for the present WAClark

 

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Direct your letters the same as be fore and put on siegels Core first Division second Brigade we will get them more direct.

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