Camp . Near,.Franklin.La.March 2d,64

 

 Dear. Wife

 

                        I seat myself to night for the purpose of answering your kind letter of Feb 17^th  which I have jest read with much plasure Was glad to know that you was well my health is as good as ever and hop it will remain so till the war is over and my dear wife to and then I will come home and live with you the rest of my life time and be contented Frances I should much rather be thare with you than here in the army but we are here and I serpose we must see it  plaied out I hope that will be in a short time I think this springs

campain will shorten it a grate deal Mobeal must fall before long you wanted to know if we was coming home this spring  Well Frances that is a hard question to awnser at presant we hald the promis of going home in a short time but things begin to look as though we should go on an expidition from  here to Alexandria and read river if tha take us up through thare it will be hard telling when we shall go home I hardly think tha will take us but evering thing looks as though tha calculated that we should go it will not be the fare thing if tha do you wanted to know what security I wanted if you let Farther Freeman have some money you may take what security you think best you can take a mortgage or any thing else that you are a minto you know as much about that as I do I for one would like to help pay for his farm if it could be done and I dont see why it could not I will let you turn in all the money I can spare toards it all I want is to have it safe I dont know why it wold not be as safe thare as any whare else you may use your own jugment about the security and I will find no fault I think if we are musterd in as vetterans I shall tak one hundred & twenty five dolars instead of drawin the seven dolars a month from the state dont you think that would be the best way if Fairlee pays more than Bradford does town bounty perhaps I hald better go from thare but I don’t whather it could be done now or not I serpose we have ben crdited  to the towns  we came from we must go whare we can get the bigest bounty I think tha aught to pay old solgers as much as tha do those that never see any survis before you spoke about my aloted pay whather I was gointo draw it or let you I think  the alotment roll will be broke if it is I shall havto draw it here and send it to you if not I will send you an ordor yours of the 14^th Feb arived with the on of the 17^th you came down on me prety hard for not writing oftener aident you I think I have writen as ofton as once a weak perhaps you have not recived them all you thought I hald fell in love with some of these black girls here that aint so thare is none here that I would acept of I wont leave you I have no fault to find with you and don t  think I ever shall have you said you was sory you wrote it you are freely forgiven little one about your working out next summer I think you have done your share of working out I guess you hald better stay at home this summer and rest a little if you do work out I dont think $175 a weak would be any to much it is almost mid night and will close by sending you a thousand good wishes & a good night kiss  love to all write soon and all the news the boys are all about as usal  

 

                                    Good Buy

 

            From your Aff Hursband                   

                                    Nat.Robie                   

                                    1^st.Sergt.Co.D.8^th Regt Vt Vols

            2d Brigade

            1^st Division

                        19^th Army Corps

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