May the 2^th 1863

 

Dear Father & Mother

Sisters & Brothers I take the preasant opportunity to rite you a few lines to in answer to your cind letter that I received day before yesterday I was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you was all well and dooing well and I hope when this comes to hand it will find you still engoying that great blessing as I am happy to say / that I am engoying the very best of helth at this time and the helth is very good in the arma at this time and the Arma is in good spirits a great many think the war cant last mutch longer but it is hard telling when or whare it will stop but I can assure you of one thing the Soldiers as a jeneral thing ar willing to fight untill this rebellion is put down if it takes 10 years, all that appears to bother them is the Copperheads at home / but I dont think there is mutch danger of their amounting to mutch. you speak of the hard times their and the high prices I know it is very bad but it is nothing in comparison to what the people have to suffer down hear for when the rebs go to a union mans house they take evry thing he has and when our men go to a rebs house they take evrything he has, so you se it is prety hard when the country is striped of evry thing but I think that is the best way to do is to starve them out /

 

Well I will close for this time hoping to remain your loving suninlaw while life shal last

Wm Forder to G & C Hubbard

 

Well Julia it seams that you have ben sick but I hope you will be well when this comes to hand you must chear up and not go to getting sick Jim is fat and sasey and the rest of the boys are all well. it ma be that you and Sarah will not hear hear from us again very soon for they talk of going out on a 30 days scout so if you dont hear from us you will know what is the reason. so good by for this time

yours truly Wm Forder to Julia Hubbard

 

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