Larkinsvile Ala March the 22^nd 64

 

Dear Father it is with much pleasure that I embrace my pen to night to inform you that John and I are both well and hearty and truly hope that this may find you all well at home we have not much news here to write but I thought as you had all been complaining of me not writeing any oftener that I would try and write often if I cant tell nothing only that we are well or not well if we should happen to be sick but there is very little sickness in this part of country. It has been snowing here most all day it began to snow here at twelve oclock last night and snowed most all day / but it is going of most as fast now as it fell it was a little over a foot deep the citizens here say that they never saw such a snow as this until the yankees come here I guess that that there is so many northern men here that we have called the atmosphere as well as their ardors

 

They have been trying two of our Co to day before a court martial for deserting they was Simon Fox and Jonathan Myres we have not heard what their sentence is yet I expect it will go pretty hard with them for it dont pay much to desert any more and get caught at it I would just as soon get caught a crrying bibles

We are haveing first times only we have pretty heavy picket duty now as the most of our division has reenlisted and gone home on furlough but we dont mind doing their duty for a little while if they are willing / to go in for three years longer they deserve their furlough only they had ought to have a longer one

I got a letter to day from Pete dated the 14^th and they was all well at florence I would like to know where Jim Spears is I would write to him if I knew where he was. I have not heard from him for a good while

 

John is as fat as bear you would not hardly know him now if you was to see him and I think that he cant complain very much of the army for it has made him a mighty good man as for my self I draw my rations regular and eat them and dont appear to loose any thing by it I weigh a 170 pounds and dont find many of that weight that I stop for all the boys from our neighborhood that is in this regt is well and hearty and I believe that Dan Dugan can walk further and and carry a bigger load than any / man in the army I believe that I have been told you all the news at this time give my respects to John Beebe and tell him that I will look for a big dance at his house as soon as I get home so no more only

           

I remain your son

S B Daubenheyer

to P G Daubenheyer

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