Camp Near Beverlys Ford Va

                                                                                                Aug 18^th 1863

 

                                                                                    Ever Dear Mother

                                                                        Mother as I had a very good chance to have my Likeness taken to day I improved the opertunity of Sending you one you have one or two but I thought you wold like to See how I looked now days in dixie it is a very good likeness but my Cap viser Shadows my forehead rather bad but there were so many there that I could not get another. the boys say it looks just like me it looks rather lighter complected than I am just now; we ar going to move from here soon I dont know where or whitch way we shall go but have some reason to/that we shall go toards washington but none of us do not know any more about where we are going or whitch way untill we start and get there no more about it than you do some say we are going to Charlston SC some say to washington DC some say to Sentervill Va but none know any more about it than that; I am well Aaron also have you hurd any thing from Lewis [?]

 

How do you Like Mr Millay

 

I have no news to write

 

                                    You May all be asured that I am not a Coperhead I am not willing as yet to yield to them and have their independence granted but I am but one & a Soldier at that but I think this war cold of ben ended before now and in/our favor if we had oficers that thought as much of the constitution and the union as they do of their purces and whiskey or faught as hard as C—Jackson & others have for their Confederate Goverment but come to the [?] of war genrals do not fight for any thing beter for the goverment than they they fight for a confederate goverment and ours fight for Greenbacks

 

                                                            I will close      This from

                                                                        Your

                                                            True Loveing Affectionate

                                                            & Union Son

 

S E Titus

            Union

                        Maine

 

send another worth of stamps

 

write soon

 

I sent a leter yesterday to Ella about it if she gets it

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