WAClark, Writer.

 

Camp near Brooks Station

Verginia Feb 11^th 1863         

 

            Dear Father Mother Sisters and Brothers

haveing a few moments i thought i would write a few words and let you know that Sam and my self is boath well and enjoying as good health as we ever did at home and better than we ever did at home the same season of the year I received a letter from you on monday dated feb 1^st and was very glad to hear from you we have not had a letter from you before in a long time. you must write to me / as often as you can and i will answer them all as soon as i possibly can whitch i always have i have wrote two or three to you since i received any that is i mean before i received the one i am now answering i shall write to you every opportunity i have and shall frank my letters for Doctor Brown postmaster sayes they will be more shure to go home from here than if the soldiers had stamps to send them with so all the letters we send after this we shall frank and let them be payed at the end of the rout where they are received so the / soldier looses nothing if the letters are lost whitch they would if the soldiers all used stamps so you sea it is a wise conclusion.

 

We have been ordered back to ower Reg and have returned we ware ordered back on monday but we would not come so on tuesday the same guard came back double force and we had to return the boys have all got houses built so we went at work and had one side of ower building done when there was a detail made to go to acquia crick so Sam Frank J Benson and my selfe takes the place of George Dickens, Lewis & George Bradley in the house with John W Bowton so we have / no building to do this time the rumor is in camp that Siegel is going to Washington and send them 9 months men out and give them a chance to sea a little fun if that is what they call fun we call it pretty good sound work some times espetialy when we marched eight days in succession through the mud over shoe half of the time but we are in a good place about a mild north west of Brooks Station. there is no more nuse at present. I received a paper also Sam received one from you on monday. I received a letter from Phebe and a paper to night. T S ower Majour has returned to the Reg he came to night he has been home ever since we left Chantiley he was kicked by one of the horses and broke his knepan and has just returned to night. Give ower love to all and may god grant we may soon be with ower friends once more in peace and harmony for ever Amen. WAClark

 

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Keep up good corage the day is not far distant when all secession will die boath north and south

 

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tell Jessie and George to eat a rabbit for Sam and one for me

 

soft bread wayed out to night.

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