Headquarters 3^rd Div

                                                                                 24^th A.C. March 29^th 1865

My own dear Wife

                                    In writing to night I am but keeping my promise to write more often. Nothing of any great interest has transpired with me since I wrote you last. All of our Corps has gone away except our Div. The Div Headq’r’s. are removed to the old ones of the Corps I now occupy the house used by the Gen. all winter. I am left here to take care of the place in event that they have to move back. beside my men are here & I have to stay with them. My quarters are plenty roomey and comfortable enough to have my/wife here, but I hardly think it would pay to come for I might not be here when you got here. Things will be very uncertain for the next sixty days at the end of which time I hope the war will be over & I at home with Mamie. I hear that “Abe” Brown is dead. & that he left helana penniless lucky for me that I did not marry her. She was a good girl in some respects

            Thursday Morning

Last night when I left off the stillness of the night was broken by heavy canonading in the direction of Petersburg. I have not heard yet what was “up” Probably another reb attack/

I must close this so as to mail it to day. Write often

                                                                                    Courtland.