In Camp at Berrys Ville Virginia

Sunday afternoon April 26^th /63

           

Dear Annie

                                                it is with much pleasure I seat my self this beautiful afternoon for the purpose of writeing a few lines to you as I have not wrote to you for some time but it was not because I have not thought of you at many a time.

 

I am well at presant and hope these few lines may find you all in good health Hiram is well allso and sends his love to you all

 

I have nothing of much importance to write to you to day as there is very little going on here of much interest now, but there is some talk of us moveing soon but we do not know yet whear we shal go the weather here last week was very stormy it rained nearly every day but it looks favourable now and I hope it may remain clear for a while as it makes it very disagreeable to us here when it is stormy the latest news I have seen in the papers seems prety good and bids fair to succes for the union forces before long which I hope may be the case I would like to see this war settled now prety soon and I think it cannot be long now before we shall again have peace, and I hope we may / never have reaison to take up arms against our own contrymen again. it seems to be a very foolish thing for us to be fighting thus among ourselvs but if we should let this rebelion go on and not resist it there is no knowing whear it would stop at. it seems to me but a short time since I came into the service and it has been a little more than eight months I do not know wheather the time seems so short to you or not but it seems to me but a little while since I was at home with my friends but I have passed through a great many different scenes since then and have seen a good deal of sights I would like to be up in Cecil now to see how them little galls is getting along now I think they want me up there now about this time for they think I am about the right kind I expect they must be lonesome there is no girls down here they dont raise them here at all I guess as it is very seldom you see any. the climate I beleive is not very well adopted for them I must now close my foolish letter as I dont feel in the humor of writeing as I have a slight attact of the spring fever to day I want you to write to me as often as you can and let me know how the times are up in your neighbourhood give my love / to all the family and except a share your self No more at presant but I remain your affectionate Uncle George

                                                                       

to Annie M. Monks

 

Direct as before and write soon farewell

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