March 16, 1862

 

Getting ready for

the Peninsula

[?] is out whooping

it up.

 

Deare Child I write to inform you that I am well and injoying helth and strenth and I hope you and yours are injoying the same I recived a letter from you a short time a go in that letter that the money was all spent I am glad if its spent for a good purpers and I will send you more as soon as I can get it I have not recived aney pay yet and I donot know I shall get it We have got marching orders but wharee are agoing I do not know but think it wil to fortes monroe to join the Burnside Expeiton for the same steamboats that convaid us from Newburgh to New York are heare / and we belive that thay are agoing to take the whole of Genrl Caseys Divison to witch 56 Regt is attached. When that we get to our place of destination I write you again if we go we shall get our pay and then I will send it as soon as I get it Our cooks as been orderd to cook three days rasions for us and three days rasions uncooked so you will theare is somthin in it theare as been troope coming in and going out all week some four or five Regements from New york this weak and I cannot tell you how meney from other places thay are encamped all around us look wheare you will theare is nothing but encampments theare was betwen thirty five and forty thousand went acros the petomock / so that the city of Washington was one solled mass of soldiers both night and day, and we do not know at what hour we may be called upon to go it may be at midnight as aney other way. I want you to write as soon as you can after you recive this for I want to heare from you all for your letters will follow me wheare ever I go I want you to tell Habey that she must not keep compay with that Fitzjerl nor have aney corespondes with him if she wants to pease me she will not and tell her she must not keep to mutch comaney nor go out at nights if she could know how it trubled me she would not I know tell Eliza that she must not run out to mutch for she knows what I have told her about this night runing and gosabing / Amounts to thay will not do it And if thay love theare Father as thay will not do it I whold of written to you be fore but my time has been taken with my duty that I could not so you must excuse on that acount and now I am verey mutch drove with fixing coats for our men for we have got new coats and new caps and the coat wanted a good deal of fixing you tell Eliza and Aby that I write to them in a day or so give love to all my children and tell them that I am well I rote a letter to and I have not recived an anser to Give my love to them I must conclude for its a geting late with my love all of you is the sincear wish of your Father and may god bless you all                                                                                 Tho^s. H. Mason Serg't

Carver Breck

March16 1862

 

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Give love Euphemia and Abram and the children and tell them I will write soon

 

Give love to Granmother and all who may enquire after me

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