Pleasant Valley Md. Oct 21^st 1862

 

Remember about Edwin to father

 

Dearest Darling wife              I received your letter of the 12^th last Saturday night I find by that that every thing in our corespondence is all right each has received all the letters the other has written When I have received yours it has been with great joy but of late I have been anxios to know if we received all of each others letters I am glad to know that we have I hope you will adhere to your resolution to write whether it was in answer to one from me or no because it is not so that I can always write when I want to but rest assured I shall write as often as I possibly can we receive a mail now twice a week Wednesdays & Saturdays we can send away letters every day I sent you a letter the same day that I received your last but before/I had a letter from Clint Saturday also he is getting better says he is weak yet but will be about soon he says he has good care and accomodations there but is lonesome Edwin was taken sick Sunday I think he has got cold & is rather fevery his back seems to trouble him; yesterday he was rather “down in the mouth” thought of home a good deal but to day I think he is rather better I was on guard Sunday and did not know anything about his being sick untill Monday The boys took him to the Hospital then—There is quite a number of our boys in the Hospital now I think Ed will be better in a few days I am with him considerable He asked me to answer his letter you wrote for his father I was asking him if he would not like some of those preserved peaches you wrote about poor boy I had not ought to agrivate him by the way speaking about things/coming from home the boys have never received their box sent from Milltown It is doubtfull if they ever do some have in the Reg. have received boxes from home that come by Express & the charges were enough to by a small farm Tell father that Edwin wishes him to send him some money he is all out & we find it very convenient to save a little about our clothes out here The safest way to send is by letter directed to him as usual My darling if there is any way in God’s world you and mother can get me a pair of wollen mittens. I want them with a fore finger knit separate—but if it is an imposibility to get such a pair most any kind will do It is getting rather cool out here now last night we had our first frost if you send the mittens send them by mail That is the cheapest way some of you that has got money must pay/the postage I will send home some money when pay day a comes I dont think that will come very soon some of the old Regs out here have not been paid off in 6 months Dont delay about the mittens if you knew how cold the iron to my old musket is mornings you surely would not delay I would not trouble you about them but I cannot purchase a pair for either love or money Last Sunday was the first time I have done guard duty since I left Norwich I have been fortunate J B Brown has been detailed to do Provost duty & the last I heard of him he was in Alexandria he is picking up stragling & deserting soldiers My love to mother tell her to not think herself slighted by my not writing to her I consider it all one you & her Good bye dearest I will write more next time          C G Stanton

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