Camp Parapet   June 30

                                                            Carrollton Louisiana

 

Dear Mother

                        I write to you, to inform you, that I received your kind letter of May 26^th on the 12^th of June in which you mention about sending me a letter with some postage stamps and eight or nine papers, I have not received them as yet. I hope they will come soon as I am most out of letter stamps. I do not care so much now about the papers now as the corporal of our squad has a brother in the post office that sends him every mail that comes no less than ten papers which keeps us in reading matter all the time. then the news boys fetch the New Orleans Delta and Piquene every day. you can judge for yourself. I have received the letter Lizzie sent me and was very much pleased with Mrs. Trefethens note. she mentions about young Johnny Owlers puddin bag it would attract the flies so I should pitty him most awfully. I am in hopes this trouble will soon be brought to close. I think the trouble is that the north uses the these wicked seceeshonists too Easy. the only way to do I think is to confiscate there property, and give them to understand that the northern men have stood enough of such work. it will be four weeks next tuesday since we left Ship Island I am glad we have left the old sand hill, for it is nothing else. now about being content I am full of it waiting patiently for the time when this evil shall be purged out and we shall be a happy people once more. the wether is getting pretty hot but we are getting used to it, the wether up nothing compared to it now. I am glad Uncle Joseph was not in the battle of Williamsburg, and was glad he is the department is now in. I have attended to all your directions, and was very sorry to hear that Chas. Thurston was very sick hope he has got better before this, and more so when I read of the death of Mr Fifield, it is a sad stroke to his family and to the community in general. I hope H. O. Smith is not wounded very bad, he was reported as being among the severely wounded. I am glad to hear that my flower bed is kept in good order. thank Mrs Trefethen (for fixing my flower bed) very much I will repay it when I return home if I am spared. the flowers you sent me are very pretty. about airing my clothes that I see after pretty closely. Mrs Trefethen spoke to me in her note about being out night’s I am never out at night only when I am on guard and then I have my overcoat or rubber-blanket on. I supose you would like to know about our living we swap of our hard-tack for black-berries which we jam up and mix sugar with which very well goes with hard bread. some times we have boiled dinners, and very often some nice soup. give my love to all the folks and tell them I shall try take care of my self. my paper does not hold out any further

 

            so good bye

            from your affectionate son

                        Reuben Haworth

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