Bairlyn

October the 2^nd 1862

Sunday

 

Dear Father Mother Brother and Sisters I take this opertunity to drop you a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope these few lines will find you the same we are now a guarding the railroad and the river about one mile below Burlyn their is only our company a guarding here yesterday their were about 15 or 20 men come a cross the river yesterday they say that the rebbles cavelry is a going around a hunting up all the men that they can find and make them take thar horses and go with them they say they will leave thar familys and every thing elce behind them sooner than to go in the rebble army 

 

we have got any quanity here to eat and once and a while we go out to the farmers and axe them for some apples and they will tell us to go and get as many as we want and if we want to buy any bread they will get it for us and wen we go to pay them for it they wont take any thing for it we can get plenty of corn bread or any thing we want we are a living here as fat as pigs and all very well satisfied as far as I know Captain was out a gunning yesterday and got a wild pigeon and a grey squirl me and him was out this morning and got 2 squirls and 1 bird I must stop for to day for I ear there is a lot of letters a comeing in to night or in the morning and I believe I will wait for them 

 

October 3^rd 62

I received four letters last night one was directed Sept 15 one Sept 18 and the other 2 was Sept 29 I was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you got home all right you say you walked 18 long miles after us and heard that we were 30 or fourty miles a head of you then yet that was a prety good walk for you but if you had a been with us on some of our marches you could not a stood it we was marched as much as 20 or 30 miles a day we would get up before day and wouldent stop till way after night you say the old brindle cow had a calf when you got home but you did not say how my heifer was a getting a long you say you had to pay $150 for supper and 75 cts for laying on the floor I think that was prety salty 

 

our tents nor our napsacks hant come yet after the battle I was over the field and got myself a shelter tent and sivera others them we cary with us so we dont haft to lay out in the open air it was an awful sight to see the battle field along the turnpike fence it looked as if there was a regiment of rebbels all piled upon one another it was an awful sight to see them George Garris other son is a little under the weather now but I think he will soon be over it I am well and fat as a buck tell mother she must not be a worring about me for I am a getting along quite as well as I would if I was at home Nayler is well and a getting along fine and Charly Morris also and all the rest from around there I believe except Althouse and we left him back with fits /

 

the male is a going out now soon and I must hury and write you must not wory about our napsacks and tents for we can get along very well without them

mother wanted to now how we got along for change of shirts we go down to the potomack and wash our shirts and hang them in the sun and they dry in a few minutes the male is a getting redy now and I must stop writing

 

I would like you to send me $1.00 if you please put it a letter and I guess it will come all right I lent out about three dollars of that what you gave me and now I am run out myself 

 

you must write soon and tell me all that is a going on about the point

 

Direct the same as the rest     

 

write often

from your son

will

                                               

good buy

 

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