Tuesday April 18^th/65

           

Selden

                        I suppose I have been negligent in not writing before but I thought you hear from here quite often by Nit so I have not written so often but as I heard by her last night that you are sick with a fever I feel affraid you are pretty sick. I suppose from what you write you have been very sick ever since you were first taken with the measles. I want to hear from you very much. Write as soon as you get this and write all the particulars. Do you not want some help some way, if I can posably help you any way by going there or any way I will do it. / I hope before you receive this you will be smart but we can not tell we must hope for the best and that is all we can do. We have had joyful news of late from the armey and we have had very solemn news also. What wont the Rebs do next. if they will kill our head men in that way they will burn our cityes and I know not what

 

We have not heard much of the particulars of the death of the President except he was shot through the head and died that night and Mr Seward was stabed while in his bed but he was not dead. Josie Boyer left here last Thursday and Net Davis done the work untill Sunday then Mary Nichols came she is sister to C. L. Nichols that I enlisted last winter for the 4^th Battery and died soon / after from sickness. She is Silas Kidders girl. Have you seen any of the battery boys yet I hear that they are now at City Point. I got a letter from Ferd the other day he had arrived at Savannah and was well and apparently smart he was not sick going out enough to heave up jonah. he said the Vienna boys were all well.

 

His addres is Savannah Ga. Co F. 12 Maine Reg

Care of Capt Montgomery.

 

Alanson is still at the same hospital. U. S. Gen. Hospital Turner's lane Ward 2 Philadelphia Pa. He writes that he is quite smart but I saw George Smith the other day right from the hospital with him Smith says he thinks Alanson will be at home on a furlough next week but we cannot tell much by him I suppose /

we ar just thinking about trying to farm a little plowed about one hour this A.M. and picked a few stones yesterday I was gone all last week except one day making high way tax and valuation &c. It looks very likely to be a forward spring now the snow is all gone in open land or nearly so.

 

I expect to go to the village this afternoon and carry this to the office write as often as you can for we are very anxious to hear from you would like to every day.

 

If there is any thing we can send that will do you any good we will do it only let us know your aunt Mary I think fails she is not as well by considerable as when you left home

                                                                                   

Yours as ever

Henry Dowst

 

P.S your gamp thinks)

more favourably of the war)

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