Weyauwega,

                                                                                                            Aug 6^th 1862.

 

Brother Frank,

            I am sitting in my room all alone this afternoon. it is cloudy and I am somewhat lonely, and to prevent my being clear down hearted I am going to write you. recently I do not get down hearted often but sometimes when I am by myself I get to thinking of my brothers in the south & it causes me to feel sad so very sad. but I try to keep up a cheerful heart

 

Well Frank you think of enlisting again do you. I can ol only say now as I said before if you think it your duty to go, I say go. I admire / your patraism very much if every man in the north would talk as much in favor of the union and act accordingly I presume we would not have such terrible works. but there are so many who talk union and are really secessionists at heart. there are a good many of that kind in our place. Your relations will dislike to have you go to the war I presume, but Frank if you do enlist you must come and see your friends in W. before you go to dixie land. then you went to Milwaukee to attend the great war meeting did you? Some went from W— Mr Slater for one. I think more went but can not tell who.

 

            I do not feel very well to-day I was over to the lake untill quite / late last evening three couples from town came to our house yesterday afternoon and in the evening they must go and have a swing we enjoyed it very well. I think however that I took some cold.

 

            Well what else shall I write Frank. I shall have to plead the old excuse “no news to of importance” there is such a lac of energy in Weyauwega that I dont see how the place lives at all. these terrible war times do not seem to excite the people very much. one of our young men have returned from the war he was sick nearly all of the time consequently got his discharge he is a young man about nineteen years of age. I have been aquainted / with him since we were children. the young people are glad to have him back again.

 

            Frank how are you enjoying yourself this summer, well I suppose, but I think it time for me to close this poorly written letter. Write & accept this assurance that I am very                                                             Respectfully your

 

                                                                                    friend

                                                                                                Fannie

 

P. S.

            All join with me in sending respects to you.

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