Camp in the field            Sept 15^th 1864

 

Dear Sister Mary

                                    My last was to sister Martha so I will now write to you oh sister Mary you do not Know how glad I was to get your Kind and good letter it did me a great deal of good but it stoped too quick and was not half long enough I was very sory to learn from your letter that you had not gotten any more letters than you have for I write very often home write a great deal more than is receive Mas good long letters does make me feel almost as if I hav been at home and seen every thing that is going on there I often dreem of home and some times almost to beleave that I am there but oh how different it is when I awaken and finde my self coverd but with the canerpy of heaven and on my rude bed of grass and blankets Oh will this War never end and we all return home; a scoute composed of our Brigade and Stand wattyes Indians started oute yesterday I do not know how long thay will be gone but they took six days rations with them and I guess they will have a pretty hard trip of it for they condemed my horse on a counte of his haveing a little sore on his back they also condemed cousing Gids horse and we (T E Coo Gid and I) was detailed by Gen Gano to attend to his things in his absence and we now have a very good time of it have two nigroes to wate on us and have a good tent to stay in and nothing to do but I had much rather gone on the scoute for I think before they come back they will go up/Missouri before they come back will have a good deal of fighting although I do not like to fight yet when others are faceing the bullets I feel as if I ought to be there to share in the hardships and trials that they have to under go but I was excused by the board of officers that was appointed for theat purpies on account of my horse and I cannot help but stay; they left ab the waggons back here                     Coo Gid has gotten well and harddey a gen               I was very glad to here that Wiley Arrawood was at home wish I was there too I guess I will get to come home this winter. do you know how long it has been since I was at Old Perrarie Home well I do I left there on the 17^th of Feb and here it is Sept the 15^th 7 monthes a way from you all I hope before a nother seven monthes that I will be at home and we will all be happy once more in one anothers presence and we will not have to go and to fight any more. Tell Bro Ollie I want him to make good his time for for shooting while I am gone for when I come back I donot think that I will ever want to here a gun shoot I think of seeing men falling arounde and hereing them hoalering a round me and here the groan of the dying when ever a man falls in in battle if he can speek he is allmoste searten to call on God and you can here the crys a bove the din of the guns I must stop

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