Camp of the 1211^th  feb 28^th 1865

 

Dear Arminda i thought i would rite yu a few lines to day again as i was not on aney duty to day i am well & hope you are the same wee halve just had a diner of Apel dumplins as good ones as i ever eat frederick runcls made them & march youngs & myself Cooked them last night wee had weat pan Cakes wee buy flower readdy prpared all wee halve to do is to mix it with Cold water & it is ready for use yetterday was a summers day & to day it rains it has not frose aney nights for a week day before yesterday i heard the peepers hollow wee halve good Cof Comfortabel quarters now but how long wee will stay i do not know/

 

To day wee was mustered for two months pay more thay think wee will get in som time in march if wee ar laying still wee will get it & if wee are on the move i dont believe wee will get aney more pay untill our time is out yesterday morning thare cam 23 rebs in in our lines in our brigade & last sunday 7 & to the right of us in the 6^th Corps  they comes in more than thare dose whare wee lay they say thare is housands that would come if they could get away Sherman has got Charlston &  willmingto & various other plases & now all they halve left is petersburg & richmond & now the rebs will ether give up or make one more desperit effort the last death strugel it will be the bigsest fight of the war/

 

the peaple at richmond is for peace bu the laders is not such as Jeff davis well if they will not give up why wee will halve to fight them again—i sent you $40 dollars & no now i will send you the receipt so if the money dose not come you will halv it to show writ & tell me how Peter A L quick mad out with Cole ranunken in his lawsuite if James Spencer moves away you had better let him pay you i ow him a litel but not much he knows how wee stand you can let him take out what i ow him i dont think of aney thing more write & tell me what is aging on

 

So good buy until i see you

 

                        Alva Hough

            to         Arminda Hough/

 

De 14^th 1864

I will give you a list of

what i want you to send me

1 pare of boots

my soldiers pants

my woollon vest

& my black hat that i sent home

them galesses[?] on my black pants

you may put in 2 neck hakerchiefs

put in that little wheat stone

& a Coupel of them old files

1 botel of tobias’s linement

& fill a linemen bottel of sweet oil

out of that big bottel in the Corner

Cubeart & Cork it well to oil my

gun for the sutler bringes big for

hear]    & 1 package of invalops

25 sheets of note paper

a little woolen yarn & darn needel

some black thread

some butter & some saussouge

som Crulers & some other Cake

such as you think best to send

 

the buter you may put in

a tin pail & then the pail

will do to cook potatos in

if the pockets in them is not

good fix them first rate

the vest line the back with

sonthing on the in side so it w

it will be warm for i halve not

had aney vest sence I halve been

hear nothing but a thin blouse

& no linen in it at that but

wee will get a dress coat soon

get a tin pail that will hold

4 quarts you need not fill it ful

of butter put something els in

greese the too boots well whet

them first & then but in a little

tallow or lard yes & that

box of water proof blackning

that’s in the secertary & one of them

other boxes of blackning for we

halve to halve our boots blackt

on dresss pereade you may put

in such other notions as you think best

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