Engineer Depot            Washington D. C.

                                                                                                                        Nov 29^th 1863

 

                                                            Dear Agnes

 

                                    this sabbath I am again permited to enjoy the pleasure of writing you another letter I am thankful that I do enjoy such a great privilage. I am in the best of health and sincerely hope this letter may find her whom I love enjoying a like blessing and all her friends. I received your letter on tuesday was much pleased to hear from you. if I had received your letter sooner I might have given you some advice but as I did not I have you what advice I thought most suitable and dont think I could have betered it as I did not speak evil of any one if you have a desire to correspond with him you know I would not/any thing against it for I think there is no harm in corresponding when it is done in a proper way. to day is coudy and rather cold but as I am in one of the best tents that is in our brigade I am contented but not contented because I enjoy this blessing. I am contented with any thing that will close this war and the good news we hear now tells us it cant last long but Dear Agnes I feel deeply for those who are exposed to evry danger and to the cold and rain. our Brigade is all packed up again and waiting for orders to move now I pity them for the most of them like my self have good quarters which has cost them both money and labor. my tent mates and my self have put us up a good board tent and have evry thing nice. we paid for one hundred and fifty feet of hemock lumber five dollars now don’t you think lumber costs us pretty well. but much rather pay a little out of our own pockets than/live cold and dirty I have two tent mates I can boast of for they are clean and good companions we have tented together for a long time. the papers bring good news from grants army and now pretty good news from Mead as he is now on the south side of the rappanhannock. I think Dear Agnes by spring the war will close there is nothing of interest I can write you as for me getting a pass to come home during the holidays it is impossible and as I do not want to be refused I will not make application. but will say eat hearty and remember your lover

 

this letter is short but I cannot think of much els to write give my love to your Mother Aunt Dan reserving largely for Agnes for to her my love is free.

from your ever true and affectionat lover Frank C M

 

I was very sorry to hear of your misfortune by the fire. we are all apt to see bad luck and meet with misfortunes in this world

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