Cav. Depot Near City Point Va

                                                                                                            Feb 4^th /65

 

Dear Father

I take the oppotunity to write you a few lines. I received a letter from you this morning with five Dollars in it. I feel very Thankfull to you for it and I hope I shall see the time when I can be a Comfort to you and pay back the kindness that I shall owe to you which I can not more then pay. your letter found me well and injoying good health and I hope this one will find you the same you wrote about my getting a furlough I whish it could be so I could get one but I think/it will be rather doubtful about my getting one. I have not got my box yet but I dont know but what it has got to City Point we have a man here that is a agent for getting the Boxes from the Point I have not seed him to day but I will see him if I can be fore I maile this letter Father I am looking fore a prospect ahead that is if they can make peace it will be this Winter if not they will fight another Summer if they let it alone untill a nother Summer before they make peace the onley way they will make it is by fighting it out and another Summer will do it I think and most every body else think the same. and I have don all the fighting that I shall do. the best thing that could happen to me/since I came in the Army was the day that I was Wounded although I had to suffer a great deal and I did not think so then but I do now if I had not been Wounded then and escaped the Enemy hands I mint of fared worse scince I feel thankful fore being as well as I am and whare I can write to you and the rest of my Friends.

 

Father dont worry about me as long as I am well and can get a enough to eat and be cp comforetable which I am at the presant this is all I have to wright this time I have a poor pen which you can see by the scrabling

good by for this time

 

            write as often as you can

 

                        from your Affectionate

                                    Son

                        W. H. Woodward

 

Dear Sister Lizzie

                                                                                                            I will scrable you a few lines in return fore your Short and kind letter I am very glad you have got a new Slay. I will find a place to snap the Corn when I get it in the fire place. I must tell you what I had fore my Dinner I had some flour cackes I bought 3 lb. of Flour it cost 1.05 I backed them in what we call a Dutch Oven I think Father can tell you what they are and I had some good butter that come from maine and Coffee I got a Paper Yesterday

 

give my love to all the folks Keep some for your-self

                        write soon

                                    good by

                                                W.H.W.

SOURCES