Camp near Petersburg Oct the 23.64

 

Mrs L. E. Hill

 

My dear wife this will inform you that i am up and doing very well at present i have a little fever but not much i am not laid up the Dr is giving me blew moss My liver is out of order but i hope to be well a gain soon i cant eat much every thing i eat makes me sick on my stumack and i recken it is very good thing that i cant eat for i dont get much to eat My dear i hope this will find you all well and in the enjoyment of good health we have nothing new to rite at this time Every thing is quiet yet with ous the yanks has been reinforced but they make no sign of a fight soon only their stillness i think they are waiting until after the election is over with i hope the fighting is most over with now i hope so at eny rate i think it is time for peace to be made on some terms or nother the poor soldiers has seen a nuff to kill them if we did not / get uste to hard ships we would all die i expect we will a grate many of ous freeze this winter if we dont get back to S.C. but there is still a hope for it with ous it is the opinion of all our head men we will come back this winter or next spring sertin all details has stop for horses and Hamton said he wont give ous eny more and we are looking for our horses from Linchburg We cant buy eny thing to eat with out paying 10 times the worth of it as long as we stay on this side of Richmond we will get a nuff to ceep our horses a live on but i trust we may get back to old S.C. and i dont care how soon neither We have some very hevy frost every nite or too all moste like a snow i have not put on my flannel shirts yet i know the lise will all moste kill me when i put them on i cant strip so often the whole face of the world is covered with lise here all moste 

 

i have not got a letter sence the 11

 

some places you can pick them up off of the ground i am compell to have my close bilte once a week and then they ceep me poor it aint no use for a man to say he can ceep clean of them for he cant do it at all but my dear dont let that fret you at all i am willing to suffer here on earth all that my maker sees propper to put on me for i know that this war is sent on ous for our sins and when god has punished us sufficient the war will stop then and not be fore either but sometimes i truly fear that god has give the Devil the rod and let him go a hed with it he has plased us in the same fix that he put Job in but i pray that god may stay the rod and say that it is a nuff and return us to peace a gain soon. We get some 4 and 5 qts of corn a day for our horses now and a hand full of fodder or 2 and we think that fine too We have sent some men in NC to cut hay for ous / and 2 wagons from each Regt to hall it to the nearest point of the RR Our meeting is still going on i think there will be some good done at least i hope my dear that i may get home be fore too long to see you all once more but i tell you my dear a poor soldier sees not much showing [torn] the man that can tel the biggest lie fares the best with ous We will get oven coals soon they say We need them bad a nuff too My dear you muste take care of your self and them little ones and dont let nothing truble you be lieve in god and put your trust in him a lone and dont be oneasy a bout me i will take evry care of my self that i can and you must do the same May heven bless and preserve you and little ones and give you bread to eat and hasten the time for peace to be made so we can meet a gain soon Lord help ous at thy feet [?] So ceep me my saviour from harm Pray for me and i will do the same i Remain your Loving Husband untel Death H Hill

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