Viaginia

Febuary the 6^th 1865

Co. C. 150^th P. V.

first Brig. 3^th Deivision. 5^th C

 

                                                                                                                        Dear wife and

Children I once more take my pen to in form you that I am wall and hop that you are all injoy the same blesing. I hav not had a letter from home for along time I think the dat of the last letter dat December 11^th I saw Gleason he seaid thait you was all wall excep the little Boy and you had the teeth ake I here yester that Wm Sealley was ded /

 

The 5^th Corps is out on araid Dr Strauss went with tham he told me that I mit stay here (at the hospital)

 

tha left on the mornning of 5 Capt John Bradden has gon hom on a furlow he tock twentey dolars to John Ronnels, esq you send james in to meadville and get it. it is some monney that I lent to him in the fall We hav not ben paid of yet Thare is lots of Jonneys cam in this morning and 10 wagon and meules tha lock like the bracking up of a old niggar nest Dr Strauss is in charge of the 3^th Deivision hospitall /

 

I am a fraid that you will not hav feed enouf for your stock for I lern that it is a verry hard winter

 

I wod like to see you all once more I still re main your froaind and wall wisher

 

rite often with out fail

 

Direct your letter to the redgiment

 

And may god grant us the privlag once more living to gather and this rebelion over and our contrey save from ruin

good nite one and all

                                                Riley Carpenter /

 

Tell Henry Stoneham Bout John Braidon

 

for tha war such grait frens Stonham I am the oneley one that is in the field now of the six of us that eusto tent to gather and I am a ded beet to the govment Warren Flint has naver cam back to his redgiment

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