Virginnia. Camp nere Belengton Stason, 20^th 1863

 

                                                                                                Dear wife and children

I improve this mornin to inform you that I am wall and wish you all in joying thit same blesing. I hav not much neues to rite this morning Teuds we move out of the grove up to the otherside of the railroid. Last evening we had orders to march tords the river we expectted the rebs was goying to make annertack on us most all of our tropes hav left here gon or fel back tords washington whare thay hav gon I do not no some think thay hav gon to charleston we will soon fall back. I am in hopes to washington we get no neusepapers now thare is none fech here some comes by mail but no neues from charleston

 

Sometimes I think I wood like to go doun to charlestoun myself. it wood be good long journey Thare is a neuw move of some kind It quite cool here now and verry havvy deues nites. Thare is good menney of this regement sick thare is 3 at the generl hospital the rest of tham are complaining of the direar. we drawed some new potatoes teuesday I had two meses. thare is no chance for getting garding trash here. we did get some garding sas. I am in hopes we will draw some ounion we get some lite bred. did you mow that lot tords the scoolhous Whare do the shep reun with the cattle I think you had better sel most of the cattle if tha sel at a good prise, it will save you some warme work / the hay will fetch agood prise this winter on the occount of the oil traid. I dont know as I can make enney callason on what you had better do you can do beter then I can in such scurcumstance as you are in

 

dont cill yourself to work work some way to get red of so much work if you can. hav you menney apples this season If we shood get to washington to do gard deutey as some think we wil I men to try and get afurlow and come home and see you all once more John Fay has jine the enved core at washington so tha all say I hav not got my sherts from him yet John Runels can get 20 dollars of my countey Bountey enney day by going to the cort hous get it of the countey comishers I dont know when I shal get enney pay, the pay will not come doun here again to pay us

 

ceep old dets paid up contrack new ones

 

Lovicy I sometimes think of home when I wake up in the nite cold wet with the deuse bones aheing by sleeping on some hard lump in the fathers Charle Trion tent to gather he is most a mis ble bed fallow he pooll the blanket of evry nite most I some times thank good this war ont last aulwas or my 3 years ont last alwas one year is most gon on the 25 I enlisted    Treuley yours              rite ofen as you can

my lov to all frends good By one and all for

 

this time          Eat some johnecake for me, Riley Carpenter

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