Suffolk Va Nov 4^th 1862

Mrs Kilday

                        Dear Sister

I improve the preasent opertunity to write a few lines to you. I have just received a letter from Jane saying that Jimmey had ben drafted and was going into the armey I am sorry for a soldiers life isant a very agreible one at the best and his buissness was such that it was dificult for him to leave home but you have one consolation he hasent got to stay but 9 months. I have ben sick with the Fever ague for the last 2 weeks I have ben stoping at a private house as I had rather hire my bord than to go to the Hospital it is verry sickley here at preasant we have had 15 dy out of our Regiment and 3 of our company our doctors aint very/ skillful for some cose or rather we havent had much fighting to do yet we have ben out on a couple of skermishes one of them we had 1 man kiled and 8 wounded and we took 20 prisoners. we are having very fine weather it is as pleasant as summer they dont get as much cold weather as you do Jane writes that they have had quite a snow storm there I hope that Jimmey will be luckey enough to go south to winter as it must be hard for the soldiers to winter in a cold climate with the convenianses that a soldier gets there is about 35 000 soldiers at this plase the reporte is that we are going to Petursburg this fall that is if we can get there but I dont antisapa such good luck

 

            pleas write son and tell me

            all the news

 

                        yours with Respect

                                    T. S. Rolph/

 

Sister Rachel

 

as I supose that you have returned to the land of your Birth and to the seans of your childehood it mus be pleasant to meete the friends of your youth it would sertanly be a pleasure to me to visett my friends and home onse more I hope that you dident forget to lay in for a good share of those grapes just before you went home how dos Jane injoy her selfe dos she get home sick or not and how dos Mary get along I havent received but one letter from her since I left home if we dont move from here this Winter there is several of the mens wives coming down here this winter and if Jane wants to come I shal lett her do so I want you to write as son as you get this and let me know who has ben drafted from your plase and all the rest of the news of importance/

direct to the 112 Regiment

 

N.Y.S.V Suffolk Va

 

since writing the above there has 2 deserters come in from Richmon they are very inteligant looking men they say that the Rebels soldiers are desurting every day one of them lives in this place and he apears to be quite ancious to get home but they wont let him go home to night as he has got to go before the General and be questioned pleas write son

 

                        yours with Respect

give my love to all                  T.S. Rolph                                                       Mr Tomas

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