April the 11^th 1863

 

Dear Sarah I seat my self this afternoon to rite a few lines to you in answer to your cinde letter of the 5^th wich came to hand day before yesterday. I was very glad to hear that you ware all well and I hope thoes few lines ma finde you still engoying that great blessing as I am happy to say that I am engoying good helth at this time. We are still in our old camp yet there is a romer a in / Camp that we are going out on a scout to morow and if we do go we ma begon several days so I thought I had better rite to day so that you would be sure to get a letter next weak. but if we dont go I will rite again the first of the weak

 

it cinder bores me the way Sil Hiatt is a dooing but I have lurt that it is best to take things coolly. So I seat down yesterday and rote him a torable deasant letter / and asked him to send me an account of the settlement between him and Dock Rudisil and I told him after he had sent the accounts and I saw how they stood if their was any thing coming to him I would send it to him or have it sent for I wanted that Note and the Note I must have—Now this is acting the hipocrit for me to rite him a friendly letter and it goes against the grit to do so but you know as / well as I do it is no use of trying to force him to do any thing so I think the best way is to be as easy as posible untill we get clear of him

 

I rote Issac Booker a letter last weak. I forgot to say that his letter was in yours that I got day befor yesterday it hasant rained any hear for over 2 weaks it is getting very dusty I shal have to close for this time hoping to remain you loving Husband W^m Forder

to Sarah A Forder

 

ciss our little girl

for me

 

            rite as often as you can

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