Harisonville    Oct 28^th 1864

 

                                                Dear brother

                                                                        It is with pleasure I try this time to interest you alittle but I expect it will be but a try I am well We left California the 16^th and marched south of west alittle through some of the nicest country that ever laid out in the wet over some large prairies agreat deal larger than any that you ever saw in Illinois We passed through Lexington We were only ashort distance behind old Price We passed through Independance about 3 oclock AM in the morning of the 21^th We marched all night the night of the 23^rd exp except ashort time when we turned in to get supper and feed our horses after we passed Independance there was dead rebs lying all along the road but the live ones had all fled we marched on toward the south west and passed in to Kansass alittle south of Kansass City we did not go into the City We did not go far into Kansass Our boys did not get a chance to throw away any of our shell it was the V cavalry that drove them back I got aletter from Hank at Lexington I expect we will go home to to vote it is only 300 miles to S^t Louis and 300 miles from there home We have marched over 300 miles this month and have laid still 9 days I thot that is doing pretry pretty well for new roots like we are It is quite windy/ away out here in the prairie

29^th I received your welcome letter of the 15^th inst. this morning I was glad to hear from you I expect we will leave here to day or to morow certain as we only stoped for a day or two and we supposed when we went into camp that it was only for the night I wrote to you the 16^th of the month have you got the letter yet it was a long one larger than this one will be I have 5 or 6 letters in my pocket to answer now one from H. L. among them but I think it will not be one among the unaswerd long for I shall write to day we got a lot of mail this morning and I only got one letter when I had ought to have got at least 3 I say bully for Pensylvania and Ohio and to all other states that go the Union ticket strong The 52^nd Ind voted yesterday they went 350 for Old Abe to 50 M^c We are agoing vote just to see how the battery would go we cannot vote unless we are at home and that is played out our going home I think we will go about 15 to 1 in favor of Uncle Abe We have had plenty of frost down here all this month I just got another letter it is from H. E of the Hosier propensities There is a couple more due me from the gentler sex/ which I should like well to get because I am interested Do you think $45.00 is a good deal of money for a revolver I had a silver watch worth that much money I sold it a few days ago for $45.00 but not cash down We are having gay times this fall and winter the weather is cold enough all most for winter Has father gone to Kendallville on Special buisness yours answer direct as before                                                        Jefferson S. Loveridge

 

John B Loveridge

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