June 11^th 1863

 

Dear wife I received your letter yesterday of the 5^th so I took the dollar and got a picture today such as it is the flies got at my eye you can see Well I have so much to write and have not time today I will just a little and write again soon I am well I cant write all particulars this time you wanted to kno if I was in the fight well we had but little fighting some skirmishing all along the picket line for 20 miles our brigade had only one kild and 2 wounded we were out 11 days we go on the mountain next week again for 10 days / we have plenty to eat we got flour and we trade to the bakers for bread we have 344 loves now for 3 days

 

I am sorry any body should cry about me but Mother is old I am doing well enough my work is not hard only at times my bead is the soft side of a board i have a good woolen blanket and I drew a rubber blanket now I can sleep out in the rain bully

 

now Mam I sent one glove in a paper I have one other i will send it some other time I sent 2 rings in a letter I have lots more I will send. if any one you kno is sending a box to our company please send me some files to make rings and a watch chain / one oval 6 inch long, one ½ round 6 inch ½ inch face one rattail one small flat one verry small

 

I believe I will close and write more next time

 

I wish yo send 3 or 4 more stamps some times I have to sell one to accomodate a friend

 

I got the Journal today you sent of June 5^th one thing more there is 2 men to be hung today near here they are murderers and robbers one was hung last Friday they cut off an old man's ears and tong then kild him the soldiers captured 3 of them there is 5 yet at large the mans Daughter was present to see the murderers of her Father hung and requested the privalige of adjusting the roap on their necks 

 

I will stop writing now if you think my picture is not too ugly you may let some see it. that is about as I look in general I did not fix up any

                                                                                               

Charles Morfoot

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