Chapins Bluff Va.

                                                                                                            October 25^th 1864

 

My Own Dear Mamie

                                    I suppose by this time you are anxious to hear from me. I should have written before but nothing important transpired & I was waiting to get paid. Since I wrote you last I have joined the Reg. & we are now with the Army of the James holding the line captured in the late fight Everything is unusualy quiet. The Rebs hold a strong position directly in front of us as would naturaly be expected as we are only 6 1/2 miles from/Richmond. I am enjoying excelent health. I am in fine spirits. I was not supprised at all at what A. Allen had to say His disparaging the Regt created some hard feeling though among the boys to whom I mentioned it He is almost to small a Copperhead for a soldier to notice. Nevertheless I will write a letter soon that will contain all the information you desire & also my opinion of Copperheads in General & some other matters of weight that I wish to relieve my mind of which are of a political nature. The same day I received your last letter/I also rec’d one from old friend Ward a good letter & full of sympathy for poor soldiers & detestation of Copperheads The taxes were no larger than I expected they would be & I sent yesterday by Adams Express to Westerly in care of C W Brown One Treasury note for one Hundred dollars & also the Coupons to another note which I bought. The whol amount Expressed is One Hundred & ten dollars but the real value of those Coupons are $18.25 Making in/all one Hundred thirty six dollars & fifty cents it was all the money I had after paying a few bills. I do not want you to dispose in any way of the note or Coupons till I write again for they are the most profitable investment that one can make If you need more money use some of the other/

 

I wish you would find out how much the notes are worth at home, & how much the Coupons are worth detached from the note, I must close I am thinking of you always Mamie I love you better and better every day Give my love to mother & Excuse great haste—

Court

 

[?] will look out for the money when it comes Enclosed I send the the Receipt for the Co—

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