Camp Culpepper Virginna

January the 10 1864

 

Dear Father

I seat my self this evning to answer your kind letter wich I recieved a bout five minuts a go and was glad to heare from you and to heare of you all being well

            Well I dont no as I halve eny thing new to write to you but I must tell you that we had a wright nice snow day a fore yesterday and to day I was out hunting rabbits and shot two with my revolver and had a big time we had them cooked for supper and they was most mity good they tasted a little secesh like but we did not mind that we eat them eny how Well we halve had a prety hard time this / winter we had to build two sets of winter quarters but we halve got prety good ones know if they leave us stay in them we can get a long very well this winter and if they dont we will haft to get a long the best way we can you need not be eny on easy about my reinlisting a gain for I dont think I shal at presant I think I will wait on till my time is out an then I may enlist a gain but it wont be ontill I get tierd of being at home and I dont think that will be very soon well I dont no as I halve very much more to write at presant the health in the company is very good at presant and has been for some time I got a letter from aunt betsy they other day they was all well 

 

            them boots that you got made for me I am very well pleased with them they are just the fit and I think they are very good boots well I gess I halve told you all I will close hoping these few lines will find you all as they have me well and hearty nothing more at presant but remain your        

                                

Sun Geor Bender

           

Write soon and tell me all the news

 

this is the wright Directtions

George Bender Bat B 1^st Pa art

artillery briggade 1^st AC

Washington DC

in care of Capt J H Cooper                                        

 

David Bender

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