Virginia March 13^th 62

 

Dear Anna I received your letter and was verry glad to hear from you and to hear you was well and to hear your folks was well and that you was enjoying your self I should like to a come up and see the folks and to have been up and went to singing school we have plenty of music here but it is Martial I have heard it so/ So often that I have got sick of it the war news is verry good and I think Sesesh is about played out thare was 4 soldirs shot out of the 63^d PV regment thay are camped right side of us one captain one quarter master 2 privates three of them was shot dead one of the privates the other private was shot through the arm so that he had to have to have it taken off it was a hard sight to see the poor fellows lay coverd with blood thay was shot while out on pickett thare was an asident hapend the other day in the 165^th PV one of the soldiers had a bomb shell he was a fooling with it and it exploded it blowed one of his arms of and injured him other ways the boys is mostly well milton Travis has arived and is a little under the weather but I am/ in hopes that he will soon be well a gain we have ben under marching orders sevral days but I dont think that we will march verry soon but we cannot tell we may have to leave before morning I think that I shall be up in the cours of 2 or three monthes I dont think the Sesesiones will have anny hopes of england helping the rebells we had a review the other day I wish you could have seen it. thare was three regments out on perade dressed in thair dress suits and it was the nicest sight I ever see thair guns pollished bright and when the sun struck them thay thay glisoned like the sun its self I have just returned from dress perade and my hands is cold and I cant cannot hardly hold my pen we are in sight of the potomic river we can see the/ steam boats and sail vessels anny time we are a mind to look I shall have to quit for it is getting dark you must excuse my poor writing I will try to do better next time Yours With respect

 

                                                                                    Marlin V. Billings

                                                                                                To

                                                                                    Anna Clifford

 

                        pleas write as soon as convenient

                                    Direct to Company A

                                    57 regment Pa Vol.

                                                Heintzlemans

                                                            Division

                                                                        Virginia

 

                                                Good Evening

                                                M. V. Billings

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