Engineer Depot            Washington D C

                                                                                                            May 15^th 1864

 

                        My Dear Agnes

           

                        this another sabbath has appeared to us when I say us I trust you as well as my self is in the enjoyment of health though I am kept very close and expect to be so for sometime evry exertion is being made that man or men can make to crush this horrid war. our noble army has been fighting for eight successive dayss & nights and are yet pushing forward the loss is terrible on both sides war has never caused so much blood to be shed before but our army is sure of success and they are sure of capturing the most of the reble army which will in a word close this war our forces is successful in Georgia as well as here General Thomas has driven the reble hord before his soldiers/who are as tough as Iron and whose hearts are as steel for when they remember how our men have been butchered who fell into their hands at fort pillow and plymouth they are heart hardened and will fight to kill. the wounded are being brought here in transports from Aquia creek evry attention is being payed to their wellfare by the Sanitary commission who are ready to receive those who are not to badly wounded and are feeding them clothing them and taking good care of them. I will send you this mornings paper and will also send you a vignette of home by Frank one that does not look so cross, but now My Dear Agnes when will I hear from you I have not had a letter for very near four weeks but I wont Scold you know I am good natured and more that scolding is only breath used up for nothing and I want to save all my Breath until I get home if I am so fortunate I am the only Sergt left here at present the captain 1^st Lieutenant and 5 men including the Sergt^s left here yesterday morning with a train for Belle Plain landing/from there they did not know where they would be ordered. thought perhaps to the front but no telling they may return here in a week and perhaps not for three months I do not know how it comes that I am favored by  being left here. and yet in reality it is not a favor for I have so much to do I cannot enjoy any leisure moments but I am well satisfied for when night comes I am sheltered by a good tent and no long weary marching to do. the weather here has been showery for the last few days back some times raining pretty hard but yet if we did not have some rain it would be awful on the battle field My Dear Agnes I have no news in particular to write you only that our company or a part of it is all of our corps that is left here, it is lonesome but if I could be seated by the side of Dear Agnes I would not be lonesome. my love to your Mother Aunt C Dan and others from your true and affectionate Lover

 

                        Francis C Miller to Agnes F Voris

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