On Board Steamer Tho^s A. Morgan bound for Fortress Monroe

                                                                                                                        June 30^th 1863

 

Daling Mamie

                        I have not adjectives to describe the your kind letter of the 23^rd  which I recd. this morning You speake of my being kind. God knows! I had ought to be to a woman that loves me as you do Mamie I would do any thing for or to please you & it shall be the study of my life to please you I can be happy & contented even here knowing that I possess such a love as yours It cant be possible that many people love each other as well as you & me do or else there would be less unhappiness/Be a good Girl as you promise & we will yet see those happy days of which you speake        *   *   *   *   *

 

                                                                                                The new clothes begin to pay I got this job to day by them. I am going to Fortress Monroe with Contraband & dispacthes to the Provost Marshall The Contrabands are constantly coming within our lines. By the way our Berg is doing Provost duty of White House I think though I mentioned it in my last letter I was on duty yesterday at the commissaries untill detailed for this job They took me off & detailed an other Sergt to take my place & Ed Wheeler sais these new clothes will pay Maj uses me/well Have not asked him whether he belongs to the League or not I must though

The third Division has been tranfered from the 9^th Corps to the 7^th There was much dissatisfaction caused thereby Last night in some of the Regts. They had banners with Burnside & the Ninth Corps transcribed upon them & they cheered for the same & groaned for the 7^th Corps. We are collecting quite an Army at White House troops are coming from all parts & I they will soon be ready to move on Richmond I am sorry to inform you of the depravity of some soldiers. Many of the women among these contrabands/have children that are not very dark colered, probably the work of our soldiers last year when there were up here The Officers wives that they left back to the old camp have moved down to Portsmouth. I have a letter to Lt. (now Capt) Kenyon’s wife If I get to the Fortress soon enough to night I shall go over to Norfolk & Portsmouth & stay all night. Bad place but never fear for Court If it is a Public House where Capt’s wife is staying I shall stay there. I was just looking over your letter & experiencing happy feeling while so doing you was wondering where I was at 2 oclock on the 23^rd I was in the City of Philidelphia we are now the 3^rd Brig. of the 2^nd Division of the 7^th Army Corps but direct your letters as before. Your last letter was post marked Penderton Hill June 25 that accounts for my not getting it any sooner My love to mother. Tell her I am “right side up with care”

                                    God bless & protect Mamie.  Court

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