April 6^th 1863

 

Dear Father and Mother

                        I received a letter from you the other day I was glad to know you was well I am well as usual but feel rather old from the affects of a little march we had yestarday we were waked up about 4 oclock in the morning and told to strike tents and be ready to start at 10 oclock with 5 days cooked raitions it was not long before the camp was all in a stur the raitions were to be drawn and cooked knapsacks to be packed blankets to be rolled and straped tents to be taken down and rolled up camp kettles and mess pans to be packed and evry thing to be done in double quick time tenn oclock came and all was ready to start the sick had been removed to the hospital Herrington among the rest the drums beat and / the companys wer formed and off we started we marched back into the country towards a place called Richmond it is 12 miles from the river we encamped within half a mile of the place I do not know what we came hear for or how long we will stay there is a place the man name is Carthridg about 18 miles from here that the rebs have yet some say we are going out there the report is that there is about 60,000 rebs there

 

I picked up a piece of a young alegatur hide when I was coming a long the scales are on it just as they growed I will send a piece of it to you so you can see how it looks

 

mo now about the box I do not want you to send one it would not come through unless some one came with it and if there was achanc to send it it would not pay to send on I can get butter and eggs and dried fruit down here as far as the cloths ar conserned / I have enough of them

 

there Wheeler has jeste come in with a quarter of a nice hog he has been out with the teems after forage and they found some hogs and killed some of them if we find any thing that we want we take it wheather they are willing or not here comes two more of the boys both with a chicken and a mess of onions give my love to Grandma and keep a share for your selves from your son                                                   N. J. Fuller

 

Dear Cous Belle

                                    I received a letter from you the other day you seamed to think that I had forgotten you or ment to slite you I have not you say that I must give May up you for there is lots of boys over there I dont care for the boys nor May neither there is some nice girls down here I am going to fetch home a nice Secesh girl / when I come home so you see May is nothing to me it seems that there is something very attractable over in grafton or you would not go over ther so often I shall have to write to Johnson and lett him know how things are going on in Ohio

 

I had rather be at home making sugar than down here marching there is some nice places down here along the roade where we marched there was rose hedges for as much as much as a mile to a time

 

                        there they are calling for the

            male so good by

                                                N J F

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