St Helena Island Dec 25^th/63

 

Dear Father

I received your letter and was glad to hear from you and to hear that you was well as this leaves me at present I got your letter this morning

 

Christmas we are a going to have a little christmas we are agoing to have a baked pig and mashed potatoes and rise pudding and some amusements to top off with a greesed pole [faded] pig have you not received any of them / war records yet I did not send them from here but I paid the subscription for a year to have them sent home from the office which is in New Haven if it has not come yet let me know next time you write and I will find out the reason

 

Christmas night. Christmas is over and every thing pased off pleasently untill a bout 6 o'clock to night when one of our conscripts was brought out and whiped for stealing he had to stroll between 80 men and every one gave him a lick our mail boy has been robed and money stole since the conscripts / came we have got 5 of them [?] boys for going out side of the pickets some of them will get shot if they dont look out for the boys dont think much of them we are haveing our coldest weather here this month and the fore part of next It did me more good to see Jim Coe than 50 dollars would have done some of our regt are enlisting for 3 years more they get big bounties and a 30 days furlough but I cant see the point I want to get out of one mess before I get into another 

 

give my love to all the Sharron folks when you write to them I wrote to Uncle Dan a spell ago but have not got an answer yet give my love to all other enquireing friends and save a good share for yourself

 

Write soon

                       

from your son

Charles L Huitt

Co E 7 Regt

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