Va. Camp of the 150

            in the grove nere Belin Stason

                        August 14^th 1863

 

                                                                                                Dear wife and children

I ake this opporteunitey to inform you that I am wall and hoping you all are the same I recev your most welcom letter on 12^th (my barthday) dated 2^th with a pen in it Is it the one I sent you last winter) and was happy to lern that you all was wall I am glad that you get along as wall as you do. I was most a fraid that you wood hav hard work to get hans to do the haying. how menney stacks hav you how did the horse rake work how did the pitch fork work how much did thay cost you / how much hay hav you hav you got the hanes all paid of for work in haying Is most of the farmers don haying is Frankline threw haying I suspos Square Kelley has fetch a considble manney home with him to halp him self he was a cock and got good wegges so I understood I am sorrey he is sick I think he will get his halth after a little I do not see why wash Kelley wood not as soon mo by the aker for you as B. F. my meddows is smother then his. I hav not seen G. Fay yet I think I shal get those sherts after a little. I think we will sone get marching orders for Batters are moving. Clverry and wagons pear to be on the move. I herd one of the rear gards say yesterday that the furst Core was going to lay here to brotecke the rail roaid brig and pontoun Briges /

 

            I wish you had haf of my leseur time and I had haf of the owers to work of yours while we are laying in camp I am so lasey some times I dred goying for watter to make coffey When charleston sorrenders wooll will take afall I think so we here some good stores here in camp I do not no as thare is enney treuth in tham or not..i think day lite is do when Charleston is taken it will be sun rise

 

Iak Picher want to no about J. Wilson he said he rote to him and got no answer rite aline to me about J. if you will I will red it to Iak I wish the children cood here the Bras ban that is playing close to here now it wood lift tham rite from the groun. Wall James how do you make it traiding why dount you traid of your colt for a goos or gon I gess you are is a good boy you / you try and halp all you can dont you. now James do try and be a good boy till I come home if you cant be a good boy enney longer do halp your mother while I am gon you ont lose enney thing by it you wood not like to here the children tell me when I come hom that you hav ben of all day with J. wines himling or traiding you will want to be at hom when I come I think you had better sell most of the stock if you can get a good prise

 

you had better be careful of your helth as you can halth is better then welth I think it wood be good nosion to get some one to stay with you this winter If I shood not get home our reagement is goying on picket now I had blackbaries a long time a go some Raspbaries cherres I cood clime a tree and fill my sack bout as quick as most of the boys I did not get the Paper nor thred why dont company come when you hav men to work I found a good silk handchief the other day. good By rite ofen as you

                                                            can      Riley Carpen                           to Lovicy

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