Harpers Ferry Va

Sunday Evening

February 22^d 1863

 

Dear Annie

                                    I take my pen in hand to endeavour to write a few lines to you in answer to your very kind and interesting letter of the 15^th which came to hand on the 20^th and was very acceptable to me indeed I wish I could receive such letters from you oftener. I should have written to you yesterday but I was on pickett out along the Shenandoah River. the weather is prety severe here it comenced snowing here last knight about one Oclock and is snowing hard now I did not get any / sleep last night and I think I shall make but a poor attempt at answering your very interesting letter but I hope you will excuse me for the presant as I feel very lazy to day. but I supose you know that it is nothing new for me I am in good health at presant and hope this may find you enjoying the same great blesing Hiram is much the same as when I last wrote to you and returns his love to you there is not much prospect of him getting home we would both be very glad to see you but I supose there is no chance for us to get home till the war is over some of the boys are takeing frenches and going home but I do not intend to come untill I can come honorably if I never get there. Spring is now drawing near and I supose as it opens our forces will try the Rebles again and if we cant whip them before next winter I think we had better quit and hide ourselves somewhere / If we had less traitors in our Army we would get along better.

 

Wesley was down to see us since I wrote you last but did not stay long they were all well at home then I must now tell you something about that M^r G.J.B. that you spoke of in your last letter he is as inteligent as ever and very attractive he is a Corporal in Company G and in line of Promotion I will now drop this subject Hiram rembers that stick of large timber and has about quit makeing poetry or at least I have not heard any of his lately Annie I cant write any sort of a letter to day and think I had better stop.

 

if I would see you I might think of something that would interest you but I cant write all that I would wish to say to you you must give my love to all the family and except a share for your self I must now close I want you / to write to me as often as you can for it is a greate pleasure to me to read your letters for they have allways something interesting in them Annie I send you enclosed my likeness as I could not think of any other way of getting a comic Valentine for you unless I got my own picture when you see it you can remember the boy. I must now conclude this comes with my love to you I remain your Ever affectionate                            

 

Uncle George W. Hamilton

to Annie M. Monks

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