Camp Chase May 4/62

 

I have just come off from duty this morning receved a letter from you last evening with some stamps and money in it, but did not nead any as I had sent for some paper and stamps by Mr Robbins who went to columbus yesterday, so I have a good supply. I hardly know how to write to day, have not got over the bad feelings your letter caused me last evening. it allmost caused made my very hart ake, but, enough. I am the one that is to blame not you. I wish you would not feel so. do try and chear up. go and see your neighbors, and perhaps they will come and see you. this may be the reason they do not. I dont think you need to have any fears about our going to New Mexico or any whare elce very soon. we dont hear any more about going to Wheeling. still some think we will go before long. I do not think so myself. we dont hear of any more coming to help gard. with what thare is here now, they come on gard evry other day, and what are hear are leaveing nearly evry night. night before last thare was five deserted from the sixty first, two from our company James Ormby a Corperal, and Lewis White a private he lives in Southington, has a wife thare. / the infantry have gards around thare quarters. they improve that chance to lieve, they frequently stick the bayonet of the guns in the ground and walk away. they are dissatisfied with the consolidation and the officers. Norm says he ant fit for duty. Pleam has about the same step.

 

I dont think we will drill much more, as long as we come on gard so often. you want me to tell how it comes that we ware to be armed and equiped. all I will say about that is that I had wrote to you some time ago that if we ware ever armed it would be through fraud. I dont think it is because we are wanted in the field, neither do I think we will ever go into the field to see any service I dont think the war will last longer than till about the firs of June. this is what the rebels say themselves, they say they are willing to let the two pending battles decide the matter. last night thare was a dispatch receved in Columbus that thare had been from ten to fifteen thousand prisners taken in Corinth, but this may not be true. if they are whiped at corinth and York-town thare whole army will be baged. I think they will give it up for a bad job. I wont write any more this time, will write again soon, as ever yours

                                                                                               

Serg^t. Brown

 

            I am well.        the talk is this evening that we go this week to (Wheeling)

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