Harpers Ferry Jan the 18 64

 

My Dear Nila I now take my pen in hand to write you a few lines to let you know that I still think of you all though I get no letters from you all though I ment to say that I had received one letter from you since Erastus was over to Taylers well Nila you say that I am not half spunkey aneough well now I think you are mistaken about my spunk but Nila you know that we are engaged in a war and we are both and either of us liable to get killed and I dont feel as though I should not feel right to have a fuss with him and then be called intwo battle for you / know that here in the army and things are different from what they are at home but Nila I feel that as keen as you and if I ever live to get home I tell you that these things will all be settled if the lord spairs our lives to return home and I think that he is ashamed of it now but shame will not pay the poark and potatoe bill with me for I have got a wife and two children and now I shall strive to take care of my self and family I am in hopes that we shall live to get home and then we will go and make a grand visit but you write that you se by the papers that I was to get 18 dolars a month but I cant se it or at least we dont know / aney thing about it we saw that senator Willson was trying to get the bill pased to give us that but we have not seen that it ever passed so we expect to get the great and enormos sum of thirteen dollars a month I was on patrole at Harpers Ferry yesterday and it has rained hear a most all day but I have not had to Drill nor do aney thing I shall close now for to night but will finish tomorow tuesday night

 

well Nila I now will try and finish this letter I got a letter from Rila to day and you had better guess she told me what she thought about my enlisting a gain but she kneed not worry about / that yet for I dont think that I shall enlist right off for we cannot enlist till we have less than one year to serve and you know that we have got to serve more than 18 months yet I am onn Picket to morow it is freezeing up here to night no more to night

 

                                                So good Night for

                                                this time Respectfuly yours

 

                                                A.N.Hubbard

 

                                    A sitting on the Bunk

                                    Nila where French and

                                    Hubbard sleep that is

                                    all

 

                                                A.N.Hubbard

                                                Harpers Ferry Va

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