Camp of the 64^th N. Y. Vols.

                                                                        Near Willis Madden On the

                                                                                    Rapidan River Va.

Feb. 7^th   1864

 

                                                                                                            Dear Friend Mary

this evening I catch up my pen in hand for the sake of imploring the time which mint be lost in saying to you a few words I am usualy well and hope those few lines which I am now pening will find you & all the same. I have wrote one or 2 since I received your last but don care for that will now write another and if you get sick of them, just please make it known to me But if you are my like you will not get sick of their comming would like to get one from you / every day. well I must tell you that the Genl has bin out on a Reconoicence and the 2^nd and 3^rd Corps^s have bin to Support them they was Fighting down on the river yesterday quite sharp but dont know how they came out guess the wasent much damage done. at leas we havent heard of much. the was some of our Cavalry went back this morning with 9 Prisenors guess they are all agoing to fall back into winter qtrs. you may think it strange that we want out on the [?] with them and it is strange enoughf to us for we are most always out when any such thing is going on. the 145 is in our Brigade that is a good Regt. and they do well always in a Fight /

 

Mary guess I shall have to tell you about one of the Va Girls down here when our men went by with the Prisenors that is the 9 Rebs this girl came out in the door yard amongst the Officers and men which stood in the Dooryard and hollowed to them cheer up My Lovely Boys. She sais dont get down hearted the Girls are all waiting for you. She cheered them 3 times and the Rebs made a verry polight Bowe, and wished her much joy and by that time they was out of her hearing. So you se how bold the Galls are down in Va. do you Spose our Galls would dare come out and be as bold amongst the Rebs. / I hardley know about that. well I have wrote more than I intended to. will say Charley Pratt was comeing over to write some to delila to day but I guess he will give it. at least guess I wont wait. tell Delil to write a line next time. tell her I am the same Old Chick onley growing a little now days. Bill is at home I spose tell him I am all right. ha Julia forgoten me Spose she is getting to be quite a lady by this time. Mary write often and Oblige write onece a week this is from Yr Friend Ephraim E. Brown to Mary

 

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Charley has come and got his wrote to Delila put it in

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