April 2^nd 1864

                                                                                                Camp near Michals Station

 

Dear Sarah

                        I received your letter of the 27^th last night. it found me well and in good sperits. I found four three cent stamps and three two cent stamps. I am vary thankful to you for them. Sis have you got a letter from me with a dollar in it to get me some stamps with. I suppose you have or else you could not send me so many, but I can not help thanking you for sending me what fiew things I ask you for. I do not mean to send for any thing that will take away the least/ thing which will you nead for your cumfort and Luies I often feal bad to think that I can not do more or send more home for the cumfort of my loved famelly but I shall do the best I can while I am so far away from you. and then if it is Gods will for me to return home I think it will be an easy matter to get a living of from my part of the land, and not work more than half of the time, will not that be nice to work our own land, and not have to work so hard as I would if I had the hole farm on my hands/

 

well I dew declair if the women ant a tryin to see jist how many gall babys they can have this year. I spos jist becase it is leap year they have all took it in tew theire foollish minds to try the thing once more, and have jist one more youngon. but if they like the fun I do not cair as I know of (do you) I know it is no fun and we have got just all we want havent we Sis. I guess Addelade will have a hard time when she comes in, for such young folk do generally. I should think Jo would be after having an other one, but I will stop writing such stuf now/

 

I am on guard up to the Generals to day. this mornning it snowed a little but now it rains some. but it looks like clearing of so I guess it will be pleasant to night. I see Jerome Halbert yestarday he was here to our Camp. I am going down to his camp the first chance I have. he must like Soldiering better than I do, to enlist over. money would be no temptation to me. they could not hold up money enough to temp me to enlist six months longer than I have. our Reg is the onley one arround here but what has enlisted over we have hurd here that they have talked about sending us home after we have been in two years, but I do not blieve it untill we get there. but if the war is not ended I do not think it could be don but I am happy that a good many think the war will be ended by next fall. I can only hope it will be so. but I must end for this time, so good by. take good cair of your self. I am worrying a good deal about Luie. I hope he has not got the hooping coff. take good care of him. I am ever Your Husband Albert R Whitney

Sarah & Luie

 

if I live to get home I will try and repay you in some way for doing as well you have since I have been gone. the bugal has blowed for roal call and so I will stop for now. I can not help but thank you for the box you sent me. it does me all sorts of good. it makes thing rellish much better. I hope another winter will find me at home so all of us can enjoy our nicknacks which we get in boxes on our own tables will not that be nice Dear Sarah, but it is nearly bed time and I will stop for to night. I wish I was/ at home so I could enjoy a good fether bed with Luie and his Ma. I sleap on hay bags filled with hay. I have four army blankets over me, so I sleap warm as a pig. I have not slep with my pants of since I stayed with you at Portage accrost the river from the Barox. good night Luie and Ma. pleasant dreams to you

 

I did not have time to finish my letter this morning for I had to go out and help build a log building for a hospittal. I have lurnt how to build such things here in the army, and when/ I get home I can build one to live in, if we can not build any other. but I guess we will be able to have a better one than that. about noon it began to snow and it keeps it up yet. I can not think of any thing more this time so I will end. I hope I will get a letter from you to night. I am glad Luie has not got the hooping Coff vary hard. take good cair of him and your self. I am glad you have got a new pair of Shoes, but I wish you had got a better pair. I hope you will get all the cloaths/

 

[margin] I have put in another penny for bubby

 

and Shoos that you and Luie want to make both of you cumfortable. I have good warm cloths all the time and if I knew that my loved famelly did not I should feal vary bad. I mean to send sum more blankets home this Spring if I can. my over Coat is a good deal better and nicer than the one I sent home last Summar. I do not know whether I shall send it home or not, but rather think I had better keep it, do not you, but I will stop for this time. good by I am ever Your true husband

 

Sarah & Luie                                                   Albert R. Whitney

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