Ooltawah Wednesday Night

April 27^th 1864

 

Dear Wife I will write a part of my letter tonight I am still well and harty I received your letter that was mailed the 18^th tonight in it I found the glue stamps and one Greenback I thank you for them altho I could got along attenerate while in camp my credit is good and all I spend is for tobacco papers and writeing material I am thankful to Jef for sending you money all I care for on money matters is if I could rais enough so you knead not use much of his but my wages is too light for that I suppose it goes hard for him yet but it wont be so hard after he gets use to it a little more well you think of sending George to Indania well you kno best you will have a small family / one thing I made a mistake in the nomber of that hat it is 7 1/8 in stead of 6 1/8 I hardly expect you can get one so small anyhow

 

well Ma we expect to get paid soon they got orders to make out the payroals today so if it comes I can give you another lift a small one well you may soon expect to hear news from the armies every thing looks like fight I believe when it mooves the entire armies move at once we got orders today we are to have nothing halled officers or men if to go in action leave all our luggage at some convenient and safe place we are to carry 3 days rations but they must last 5 so you see we will be a little short on grub that is if our supply train hant up with us oh shit there is fifty bugles sounding roal call / I will close for tonight and take a wash I have a tub of water ready

 

28^th last night we had a heavy rain I had to get up and cover all over with 2 rubbers the wind sent the rain through our tent roof in showers but all right this morning nice and verry warm well I will send a little box with chain and rings they are the poorest ones I made for when I had a nice one some one wanted it but I am afraid to wait to make others for if we move then it is all over sending I expect our mail will be stopt going north so I will improove my time in writeing yesterday our Co is away again on picket so I had nothing to do I took a walk out in the hills and woods I thought if only you was here with me it is so nice among the pines / then the woods is getting nice and grean and flowers many strange ones to me I can pass a few hours verry well rambling but for a few days past it has been rather hot in the middle of the day to be out of the shade

 

well about tommorrow we expect McDonald here I fear you cant hear them chears now for it is too hot they will all dry up but I look for some louder chears afterwhile I begin to think that Grant is going to drive the thing rite along I expect there will be some desperate fighting yet but I believe one campaign more will end it I will close now

 

I will send afterwhile for a gold chain for you and have it sent to you at Bucyrus

 

no more Goodby

            from                            Charles

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