Camp near Culpepper Nov 11^th 1863

 

Dear Wife

                        I received your last letter in due time it found me well as useual and was glad to hear that you was to, but Mas letter tells me you have been sick for a few day, but if I could onley be there with you I would like it. I am home sick and can not help it for you to be at home sick and me a way here where I am oblijed to stay when my friends ar not well at home. Darn the war any way I shall not do any more than I can help. O for the time to come when I can go home to see you and bubby so I can be with for you ar un well all the time and if any one neads a man to/ help them it is you, for your Back and fase plages you so all the time that you can not take a minutes comfort why can I not go home to help one I love and had ought to be at home to help. but mabe I will have the good luck to get out of it some way or an other I hope I can at least. there was a hard fight at the Rappahanock Bridge our division was not there but was in hearing at a place called Sulpher Springs (you can see where it is on the map) we took 17 hundred men there and one thousand down be low there. there was three Colonals and one General taken amongst the number so in all there was three thousand Rebs taken, was not/ that a good hall. well Sarah my box has come at last, but was vary much spoiled. the green Apples was all rotton and mixed with the dryed Apples and the Pickle Pairs was broke. all these was mixed up to gather and spoiled. the fruit in the cans was sower Cheese spoiled, but the cake was nice and the baries wer all good but all I could make out of the cake in the box was Cats claws. my mittons ar just what I wanted, and the Silk Handerchief Handkerchief I think is very nice in dead, but I hate to have you yous take things to buy me any such thing as that for you nead every thing you rais and my boots ar nice to. I could of sold them 20 times but I/ would not sell them. Fate Crowder is allways trading and he come up as say Burt how will you traid Boots well sayes I, I will trade with you for just twelve dollars or 15 in money, and that was enough for him. he left with out saying any thing more, and if I am not well of Shurts and Socks I have four pair of each, but I was glad to get the box as it was. I have taken a good deal of comfort eating the buries they tast so much like home. but I can not think of much to write. I must cook my dinnar now for I am rather hungry. this is the first time I have had a chance to write in a weak so I will end for this time hoping I will hear from you to day and then I will write some more. so ans soon give my love to all, tell me all the nuse you can think but I will end hoping this will find you much better. this is from your Old Man to his Old Woman

 

Sarah & Luie                                                   Albert R Whitney

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