Encamped                   Near Moscow Tenn    July 15^th 1862.

 

                                                                        Dear Mother

            As I have an opertunity of sending you a fiew lines by Captain Peterson I improve it. I am well and sincerly hope this will find you enjoying the same.

 

            We are under marching orders to either move tomorow are next day. We will moove toward memphis but I am not positive where our destination will be but I believe it will be Mempis & probly Richmond Virgina others say White River Arkansas.—foaren intervention is talked of among our troups. If England desires a hand in the muss let her come; We care litle for it. we are becoming used to war and ever day we are more reckless & daring and consirder life but worthless unless we have a country. I do not wish to discourge you about my comeing home but I will at once give you my opinion If the war ends before my three years are up you may then look for me, but my honest opinion is that I will not see home for three years, then I will be there if some secesh does not cause me to bite the dust. I want you to live as independent possible. do not suffer yourself to be imposed on by any one. I have not heard/from John Snofe for some time. a long time I mean I cannot get no letters from him nor to him, I guess why I do not know. I have writen but it has proven usless. I only know where he is. an other thing why do I not get any more letters from you do I get all you write or they get miscaried. I have not goten a letter from you for a two are three weaks—Capt. Peterson leaves tomorrow for home. hes going home on a sick furlough—he will probly come and see you. he has been sick for a long time and I do not believe that his helth will aver be sufficient for him to take command of his Company any length of time. I must close, as I am writeing on my knee & have two more letters to write yet to night. Give my respects to all my enquiring Friends. Tell Molly how I am. tell her I have learned to soldier as well as to love. Write soon Direct to Mempis Tenn to be fowarded to Company K. 48^th Regt Ohio Infantry

            So no more but Ever Remaing Your

                                    Affectnate Son

 

Sarah Myers                            W. J. Snofe

 

PS        Tell A. H. Gibson to write to me, let me if Shuck Anderson gets home and if you got my money                                                                                              W.J.S.

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