Camp Near Ulices Ford Va

                        June 6 1863

 

                        Dear Mother

 

I will try and write a few lines to you to day as I had to cut my letter so short the other day. I still continue well and hope this will succeed in finding you & the rest of the folks the same; we moved about ten Miles the other day the same day I rote to you and armed. went to US Ford Stayed there about 8 days and yesterday Started a gain we went about 12 miles yesterday and camped for the night then to day about 10^1/2 we started once more Came about 5 miles/and now the boys is all at work building tents we dont know how long we Shall stay here but Probly eight or ten days I have no Particular news to write Aaron Leavis & Lenfert are all well and Cyrus also; there is not much force here now they have moved it Some where elce the devil knows I dont. we have ben doing picket duty at the ford the boys use to Swap Coffee for Tobacco & Sell them Pack knives &c. well Mother how is the folks about there I wold like very much to come home on a viset I think I shall try for it this fall about the time apples are ripe; do you have any meetings at our house how do they get a long with their circles. is Zeruah at work at Mr Thurstons now how does/She like I have not had a leter from her for some time I wold very much like to read a leter wrote after her hand and one from you also you can get Ella to write at any time I am on Guard to day. does there Look to be any prospect of this thing Ending very Soon it looks very dark here I tell you we have ben having buly times this winter and Spring I have injoyed my Self very well I wold like to have a good peace of your New buter about now we get buter here but it is old and we have to pay 50 cts a pound or I reckon a good bowl of milk and a peace of hot Jony cake wold not go a miss although we get Enough to Eat but that wold be a Rarety/

 

Mother I always thought we wer Poor untill I got out here If you cold olny See some of the Familyes out here you think your Self rich Side of them I dont See how they live from one day to another they Surely cant if this war continues a year longer the most of them has a husband in the Rebel army they never hear from So they dont know wather they are dead or a live Wall I must close as I have got to the extent of my paper Please Write as soon as you get this                 From

(what is shugar Coffee            You Loveing

tea Clothes &c)                       Son

S E Titus                                 A E Titus

 

[margin]          tell me the price

                        of the following things

                        and I will write

                        what they are her       

                                                Cts

                        Buter   per      

                                    pound  50

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