Falmouth Va feb the 6 /63

 

My Dear wife I thought i would wright a few lines to let you know that i am not very well just at this time but i can eat my louance but i do not do any duty we air under marching orders and air going to north Carolina and i expect we shal start in the corse of two or three days so i cant tell when i can wright again i have wrote to you twice sence i had one from you i received one from Albina to day and was very glad to know that you and the boys wer well i am afraid that i shal not get my box but i feel in hopes i shal have got the rings that i sent you and the boys i wish you would let me know you have probley hurd that Henry Pattee is dead that is / prety tuff for them i tell you i felt bad it seamed all most like parting with a brother but it cant be helped Elro is well and tuff i do not think of much to wright this time that would be very interesting you must take good cair of your self and look out for your money as fast as it is do for that is what byes the bread and that is the main thing to surporte life tell the boys that farther wants to see them very much and to be good boys i am in hopes that i shal be at home before another winter keep your cow if you can give my love to all and rember your self Ciss the boys for me this is from your afecnate husban H P Elliott

           

good luck mary           direct as before 

 

sundy morning fore oclock as i could not sleep i thought i would wright a few lines more it has rained so much through the knight and continues on this morning this is a bisey morning in the mines of the men we have to pack our things which amount to about seventy pounds with two days ration that is what tryes the constation of man and nothing but hard bred at that but our mines air strong so i think we shal go it new orders this morning to not go till to morow i am glad of that for it still raines and i hope it will untill it lays the dust for the ground is a good deal like lime and it makes my eyes sore and read that they quite uncomfertable you must not get tiard of wrighting for that / is what i like to do best altho i wright very poor riter it is all the way I can converse with you at presant i have wrote to farther to see that you have potatoes and you had not beter have more than a barel at a time and look out for all your stuf for you do not want to provide for eny more than yourself and children and they must be sean to for they air a presous charge to me get your money for your rent as fast as it comes dew a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush get your money from the town in the saim way and if you do not write to me and i will see if thair is not some way to have it done promtley i cant write more for orders air changed to march with in an our and it raines hard god bless you so good by prehaps this will be the last Let no one see this i hope for the best good by good by HPE

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