Viaginnia

august, 26^the 1864

            Co. C. 150. Regement. P. V.

1^th Bregade 1. Deivsion

            5^th A. C.

 

                                                                                                                        Dear wife and children I am thankful for one more privladge of informming you that I am wall at presant I hav ben sick. I had the janders verry bad I hav got a bout red of tham. I recev your most wellcom letter. 23 was happy to lern that you all was as war I was glad to lern that some of my monney went home saft I wood like to hear from the other note tha I sent home I think that I will send some home by Chancey Hays when he goes home /

 

Lovicy I am willing that the children shod go to school if tha want to go on perpas to lern and be good children. ho teaches the school if tha go rite more of the perticklers Can you spare tham to go to school

 

you rote about emmey groing so much dos the rest of tham gro enney dos Evy and martin gro as fast as the rest of tham Can James drive that colt what can you get for the old horse We hav had a quite a wet spell doun here the rods are aufful bad Thare has ben some fiting sence I rote to you last some times we hav whip the rebs and some times tha hav drov us tha will fite like tigers and tha hav good ofers tow Trew

                                                                                                Blew /

 

Satterday, 27^th

I am glad that Homes got no more of that paster then he did Is thare much feed in that lot of slashing in on that pees that I bout of water Homes Has James burnt enney of the breush Has Sophiah ben notifide of wash kelley deth by his cormanding ofesier. How dos Sophiah seem to take his deth Has Bill hadock come home yet Do you hav all of the corn fodder or dos Square hav part of it Hav you a good menney apples and peaches this fall

 

Lovicy you seaid in your last letter that you wood like to hav me come home on a feurlow this fall I wood like to come home and stay to at home the rest of my time I think it rather dout ful about afeurlow I think that we will / stay our three years out and then the war will not be over with

 

Eva. A. I am glad that you think anouf of your farther to rite afew lines to me you will not lose enney thing by riting to me. o I wood lik to see your frenley fases once more I treust that I may see you all About one year more then you may lock for me at home if thare is no preventing provedence I am on my last year

 

may we liv rite before god each one of us and it will be all rite whather we meat here or no Children thare is a day when we shall meat whare thare is no war to part us. Rite soon with out fail I want to here from all of you good by one and all

                                                                        Riley Carpenter

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