Auburn Nov 12^th 1862

 

Dear wife i thot i wood right you a few lines to let you now that i am well exseptain my nee i fell & hurt it as bad as i hurt it last fall i havent dun eny duty in 4 days & it ante well yet it ante ben sount since i last fall it hurts me wonce & a while Dear wife i rote to Maria the 10 i rote hur a long letter i told hur that i wod send hur my liknes if she wod like to have it Dear wife the talk was that we ware a going a way to day but it ante so we dont know eny more about it now than we did when you was down hear & we dont know when we shal get our bounty. the captain ced this morning that he didant know when we shod go but he thot it wodant be long for / he thinks that we shal go to texas & be put in a forte & to garde it Dear honey it is a long wayse to go & leave my dear honey be hind me it brings the tears to think of it it is 3 thousand milds to texas but Dear wif i cant help it now i wish i had tuck your advice & staid at home with you their was a grate time hear yesterday they perzented a flage to our regmant & gave the cornel a hors worth 200 dollars but that dont do me eny good i had a letter from Mother to day she wanted to know what she had don to make me mad i dont know that she has don eny thing i am shure that i am not mad at Mother or eny body elce that i know of she thinks i am / mad be cos i didant cum down to se hur but you know how much time i had to go eny whare when i was at home the last time i had aught to went down to Mothers but i was two crazy Dear wife if ever i cum home a gain you wil se a difrant man i know you wil Dear wife i sent you my likenis i dont know whether you wil like it or not i codant get eny other they didant take eny other cind hear on the ground i wish i had cep my cap of when i had it taken dear honey i cant think of eny more at presant to right so i wil bid you fair well for this time good by honey Dear i send my love to you honey give my love to Mage Doil & to Dear Mother & ant Dency & Charley & al the rest i think of my friends when i am a way from home /

 

Auburn, Nov 12^th 1862

Dear Father & Mother i thot i wood ansure your kind and most welcum letter which i resieved the 12 and happy to hear that you ware all well which it leaves me at presant exseptain my nee i fel & hurt it as bad as i did last fall it ante ben sound since last fall i dont know what it wil mount to i hope it wonte mount to much for if we go to texas i want to be wel it is a long gorny to start but if i am their i ante eny whorse elce Dear Mother i am not mad at you if i do act strange wonce and a while i now i am canterary when i am in licker but you hant se me i have stoped a drinking icant think of eny more at presant so i wil hafto draw to a close give my love to all and ceep a good share for your self give my love

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