Gallatin            February the 3^rd

            Miss Mollie

 

                                                                                                                        Dearest Mollie

your vary kind and interesting letter of January 25^th was received last night and was highly satisfactory to me I was happy to know you was enjoying good health

 

            I got to camp at ten OClock last night after riding for five days in succession and I was so weary that it was impossible for me to write at that time

 

            Mollie I will give you a slight idea of our scout we started from camp on friday last and rode untill sabbath morning before we halted to take any rest we then halted for two hours then started and traveled near five miles when our advance began to skirmish with the enemy and keped up the fighting in front untill night we then retired to the village of Gainsborough where we met about thirty of the enemy but they did not give us a chance to fire at them for they ran like sheep /

 

            Well Mollie I would like vary mutch to enjoy your sweet company once more but I fear it is uncertain when I will get to see Ohio again but hope it will soon but it is pleasure to me to know you are enjoying your self so well

 

            Now Mollie you spoke of a Lady, Miss D, saying she received a letter from me if she has a letter with my signature to it it is forged for I have not wrote to her for three months and do not expect to write for I do not think it would be honorable in me to so therefore you may rest asshured that so far as I am conserned all others are forgotten and all engagements broken if there has been any but I do not remember of making any engagement with any Lady nor even trying or proposing to any Lady excepting your self

 

            Now if this is sufficient to convince you that I am free from all other ties or engagements I hope you will give me a direct answer by return mail for my happiness hangs on but a sturdy cord and you Dearest can either give me pleasure and honor or loneliness and disgrace for if you should decide in my favor I would the happiest of the happy but on the other hand should reject and spurn do not / think I could ever be of any use to this world and would seek to pass away my life on some lone isle.

 

            Well I have allmost forgot to say that the 7 V^l is expected to start home soon as vetran volenteers and I will be with it so it is not worth while for me to send my picture.

            Give my regards to all my friends if I have any

 

                                                                                    After my Love to you

            I will Close

                                                                        Good By Dearest pleasant dreams

            Write soon do please

                                                                                                Webb

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