Sills Creek NC november 5^th/64

 

Miss Sarah J McDonald

 

My Dear cousin

it is with pleasure that I confine myself this morning to inform you that we are all well at this time hoping when this few unimpolish^t lins will reach your hand they may find you enjoying the same health. I havent enny thing that is worth writting I supose I have som news the men that had to go to Wilmington they was relevd last night and sent home I dont think that ther is enny danger of the yankees coming to Wilmington now I havent bin afard of the yankees yet

 

Cousin Sallie you must pleas look over misstaks ther is a lady comin and she can out talk creation so I hav learnt som 10 or 15 new songs since I com hear sum of them is beautiful [?] of the [?] the love storry [?] the crul war and meny others too tedous to mention brother McNeill commences his [?] next mondy he is the best teach I ever went to and all that is coming says the sam he is teaching musick he has 40 schollars. / cousin S J jest come and hear me play sweet home on the flutina & it is beautiful the most of my time is spent plaing musick and visiting com to preaching hear at leesburg to morrow and see my liutenant ther is a Co of soldiers at the bridg a mile from hear station there there are som nice men among them I believe I will quit my [?] it is a most train time I hav paper and thread but I hav not got the time now to make a book mark [?] is so tite and I hav such hard lessons to get

 

I will make one before long

 

no more at this time

 

tell D J if he wants to make his [?] to com down hear I will insure him he can

           

I will send you some scraps of my dress pleas write soon

Sallie M^cDonald

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