March 25^th 1864

                                                                                                Camp near Cedre Mountain

 

Kind Sarah

                        As I have not much of any thing to do I thought I would write a fiew lines to to you. I am well and I hope these fiew words from Your Soldier Boy will find you and my little Boy the same. I came in from Picket Yestarday mornning. we stay two dayes every time we go out. we have to go about one mile and a half. our Picket line runs allong on the East side of the Rappadan. we can see the Rebs on the other side. but they mind theyr own buisnes and we do ours. we had not been in Camp/ long yestarday mornning before it began to snow, and it kept on untill midnight this mornning the snow is about one foot deap. but the sun shines to day and it is melting fast now, so I think by two morrow night the ground will be bear again I hope so and I hope it will be good weather after this for it is much pleasanter for Soldiers to be out as much as they have to be. it is true we have things all that we nead to make us comfortable but plage take it all I do not like army life that is the long and short of it. but never mind we have not got but about sixteen/ months longer, and the opinion of a good many is that this Summar will tell the story either one way or the other. I suppose that the Soldiers will vote this fall and if they do you may depend upon it Linclon will be elected again, and that would have as much or even more to do about feching the war to an end than any thing else which could be don. but God onley knows how this crual war will end. but it can not end to soon for me, do not you say so.

 

well we have got a Brass Band in our Reg now. Tom Teft and Jo Hunerman ar in/ it. I suppose we will have music enough now, but it does not sound as good to me as it does at home but they play just as well for what I know as they don at home. but O may the day soon come when I can set by the side of my Dear Sarah and little Boy and listen to theyr sweat voices, which sound to me better than all the musick I ever hurd. I can not think of any thing more now to write so I will lay it a side and mabe I will get a letter from you to night.

 

Sis why do you not write oftener. I wish I could get one every day or two so good night. I will write more in the mornning/

 

Good evenning Dear Sarah

this evenning finds me well and in my tent, but my mind is at home with you. Charly and I have sat here nearly an hour talking about old times we have had at home and about what a hapy time we will have when we get back greating friends and all loved ones there, if it is gods will for us to do so. he onely knows whether we will be allowed to return in safety. the Bugal has sounded for roal call and so I will stop for a fiew minutes. now I have come in. we have got 90 in our Company/ and we expect some more pretty soon. our Reg is the largest one I know of arround here, and they all say it is the best one, and I think so my self for our Officeers ar first rate fellows and they use theyr me good as they can. it is half in that you know about our being suited with them. you do not know how much company those likeneses ar you sent me last. I would not tak $25 dollars for them. there is talk about getting payed of again pretty soon. Dear Sarh I do wish you would tell me how much you ow. I have asked you two or three times but/ no answor. I guess you ar affraid to tell me, but you nead not be for I want to pay it up so I can let Hop have some so it will be on interest. and now I want to ask you again about the money you got for the Stears last fall. I asked you several times about it but no answor do not think I think you used it in such a way that you ar asshamed to have me know about it, for I am not. I onley want to know how you get allong and if you nead more than you have I want to manage so as to provide more. I mean my famelly shall have enough to make them/ comfortable and fair well as any body esles famelly. I do not know but you think I might of sent more home than have, but Sarah I have had to buy things which I actually neaded. but I shall send more home now than I have don. I hope you will not blaim me for not sending more home than I have, but Kind Sarah I must end for to night for it is bed time. I did not get any letter from Sarah to night, but I guess I will to morrow night. so good night. pleasant dreams to you to night

 

                                                Albert

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