Hilton Head, S.C.

Sept 1^th/62

 

Dear sister Sarah

                                    We are just now receiveing a very hard rain storm and while I was lying in my tent talking with one of my tent mates of home, he stumped me to write a letter and we boath went at it. I dont know how my letter will interest you, for I hardely know what to write. nothing new has transpired since my last letter, but prehaps you will like to hear from me. I guess you will think that I am not so faithful a correspondence as usual for of late I have not written very often. I can give you no better reason than this. I have but little / duty to do and the less I have to do the less I write, for I get to lasy to do eneything. not a very good reason, is it?

 

one weak in three we have to go on picket the rest of the time we have but little to do. home guard comes onley about once in too weeks, fatigue and drill is very light. so you see the less I have to do the laseyer I am. It is not becaus I think less of you, but as we are situated here (allmost out of danger) I suppose you dont feel quite so anxcious to hear from me as though I was on the field of action of battle, therefore I have not writen so often as usual. Our picket duty is so far out from camp that we take turns by Regt and stay one week at a time we have to go one week in four 

 

Henry Huntington called on me this morning and will be back to spend the knight with me. he came from Beaufort to get some amunition for the Battery. He informs me that there is a mail steamer lying out side of the bar if so we shall get a mail to knight. I exspect a letter from you as I got none from you in the last. I presume it is pretty lively times with the men in the North in reguard to enlisting a great meney will volenteer for fear of being drafted, and then loos there bounty. now I will ask you which you think is the worst the most disgrace to the cuntry to buy the men to fight for there cuntry or to draft them? I think one is just as bad as the other, and if I say if the men are not willing to / come now, draft them. we have wated long enough for them. Prehaps you will think that I am rather hasty and rough, but this is the true sentiments of my heart. Allthough they are not so much to blame for the continuation of this war as the leading members. This war is to much of a money makeing affare.

           

Remember me to my friends.

                       

Yours with much love

George Blatt

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