NC Roenoak Island

                                                                            Camp Stanton May 4 1862

 

                                                                                                Dear farther and mother

                                                                                    I seat my self this morning to rite you a fue lines to lett you kow that I have not forgut you yet My health is first rate rate now I am the hevest that ever I was and loke well we dont have to till very hard now it is very warm here days and things lok like june up there there is corn four or five inches by a weak a go and every thing in that relation [?] I have not herd from home sence march so I dont hard ley no what to rite but I suppose that you have riten but they have gut miscared I sent you some money I hope I shall hear from that the next/male I hope you gut it but I am some wored about it I shall send you some as soon as get my pay and if I dont hear from that I shall send it by Adams exspress I suppose you are to work about your spring work I wish I was up there to help you but if I git home in season to help hang I shall thing I am luckey but if things work as they seam to now I shall but things dont seam to move as fast as it was thought last winter but if They take york town and bag the rebell so they wont have to fite them again the fitting will be done there is strong fourse there and well fortified to but it appeares that berdans sharpshuters pick off there guners so that they dosent work there guns I suppose you get the nuse as fast as we do I think they will settle it up this spring I/should like to have you rite how you think things will work and rite all the nuse I want you to rite how you get allong for a team this spring and how much shuger you have made this spring and how much [?] maid in Ebens shuger plase the last letter I gut Eben was very sick I hope has gut better bfore now and mr seavey was some better I was very glad to hear he was I hope he will gett will tell him I want to see him tell miss seavey that I dont wish yet that I hattent enlisted all tho when I was sick I was some homesick it was for want of care that made me I think that I shall be home to help them dig there potatoes this fall give my best to susen and tell here that I am worth twise as much as I should be if had ben bured last fall give my respect to Franklins folks/ebens folks two gve my respect to all inquireing friends as long as I am well as iam now I shall be contented and hope thiss will find you all the same we have the chance to go eney whare on the Island that we are a minto the male leaves here at eleven o clock to day and it is geting late now and i must clos give my love to mother and tell her that should like to see here and the childre Sumner you and lewes and Jimey must bee gold boys till I come home Give my love to Lizzy and tell here that should I like to see here and my children and hope the day aint far distant that this rebellion will be settled and I sall be permited to come home and see the friends that I have left

 

Joseph Mead Roenoak Island Six rigment NHVM Co D Burnsides fleet NC

 

rite often good by for this time

            Joseph Mead

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