Coustons Bluff                                    March the 30th 62

 

                                                Miss Mary Hodnett

 

Dear sister I imbrace the present moment to answer your kind letter I received yesterday and read with much pleasure I was verry glad to hear from you all that were all well. it seemed that you were not agoing to write any more I have been so busy that I havnt time to write you I wrote to benny he has not answered it yet and to brother george well to change we are nearly done Blockadeing now I think we will get a chance to drill in a few Days I will bee verry glad of it Mary you must excuse me for the way I am writeing for times are so/Dul in camp I dont know what to write tell Mother that the turkey was not injured I would like to have an other one like it we are not geting full rashions now nor havent in some time some times we have to eat rise for a day or 2 a week Mary you ast me how I was geting a long in a spiritual point of view Mary I verry cold I read the bible use bad language but it seem impossible to get a long here the boys are so bad they are a great deal of mocking done in our company and in the regt but I dont visit out of our company at all it is not the boys from our settle ment that are so bad well Mary I will close with this hopeing that I may see you before a great while/

 

Mary I wrote to brother george the other day and told him to tell you all I wanted some pants you may send me 2 pare of pants and a shirt I have lost one of mine in washing please send them by Lieut kidd the last of april if you can and if I cant get home before that time I hope I can get off before that time all the march men has gone though it is a bad chance I expect though I will try to get off if possible if I dont get off I would like for you to send me a box of provisions if you can conveniently I must close you must write son and often your affectionate Brother J. W. H.

 

Ps. I will try to get a furlowe as soon as we Draw I have not got the money to go till we do draw that will bee in a few days now nothing more at present only these lines leaves me well and tip. billy has the measels now but doing verry well now

 

            your Brother till Death

                        John W. Hodnett

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