Camp Harker Tenn

Sunday afternoon May 28^th/65

 

Dear wife I just got your letter wrote last Sunday it done me good to hear from you again it is almost 3 weeks since I had a letter then you was sick you dont say whether you are well or not yet but you were able to write anyhow well I can say I am well and here goes for spoiling some more of Uncle Sams paper if they would only furnish some stamps I would write 3 times a week well I must say you have been patient and a good gal and your patience must be tried a little longer and mine too I must say time passes slo now since we are waiting to go home but the thing is all sound I gues we are to be mustered out here as a Division and go to Ohio to get our pay it is thought we will go to Cleveland to be discharged and paid but here comes the rub how soon you see I am anxious to get home more so now than when we had something to turn our attention too now there is nothing to do only a little guard duty and one gets to thinking of home and one cant help it / I look forward to the day with pleasure to be at home then as you say it makes more dollars I think it wont take more than 4 weeks yet to get through once the orders come to make out our papers for musterout I gues I will make my pen go busy until I get my Co ready and that calf by golly that will be just about good veal now I hante much on veal but I have a mouth for chickens fried chick you kno I heard today that General Thomas had chartered the Railroad for 15 days from tomorrow that would seem that he intended to have us all away in 15 days I gues you nead not fret about me wanting to join the army after I am at home a while my home has always a home I did not leave it because I wanted to get away it was to put down the Rebellion that is done and I am satisfied I have done my share and if I am poor money could not hire me to run the gantlet another 3 years but it is all right now if we go to Cleveland I would like if you and some of the relations could come out you might come and stay until we get out I perhaps can tell in 4 or 5 days of the time so you would not be away more than a week get Tom / and Eliza to come along you would want some man to hunt up our camp and to see to you until I get my paws on you I think I could master you then well I suppose you want money bad but indeed I cant help you I have only one old cent that I found last summer in front of Atlanta and I am in debt about 50 Dollars for my grub and balance due Col Mc I wish you was here now my Orderly Sergt has goan home this morning on furlow he got a letter from the doctor that his wife was sick and he had gave up all hope of her getting up again so I made out a furlow for 30 days for him it came back last night all right so he is goan now I have the tent all alone I would like a beadfellow especialy a female one I dont suppose you would fancy my rails I lay on either but I can sleep on them as well as a fetherbead I have 5 blankets 2 under and 3 on top 2 of them are government property and 3 my own the 2 I will turn over to the US when we get out well I will close and finish tomorrow it is night I just was over to the 77^th Pennsylvania Regt to se their dress parade their Regt would make 3 of ours in number but I had not ort to tell but last winter here at Nashville our Brigade picket or skirmishers was out / on the line one verry cold day and the 77^th Pa entire Regt was out behinde our skirmish line as a support the Johneys concluded they wanted some blankets and charged our boys this big Regt came back so fast one couldent see their ass s for dust Kirby run out on his horse our pickets rallyed and charged the Joneys retuck their lines and killed some and captured 3 before this big Regt could get in any position for fight all such little things hapens that is never told of at this day if any one out of our Brigade would say aught against the 101^st the other Regt would be for fight you said if you could write as I you would write every other day you write better than I could when I came out First you rely on talking well I will hold you level at that too I could write all day to you if it is nonsence it will kill time it is too dark now to write I cant see a line on here I will put in the rest of my gab tomorrow ready to mail

 

Tuesday morning monday morning I have just made out my morning report and I will try to get this mailed it is verry nice this morning it stormed last night well I want you to keep on writeing until I say halt then stop the reason our letters were so long on the way was the bridges were washed away and the boat line is so far and slo but it is all right now so send at least 2 a week for the short time I stay yet I think I shal be able to get back by the 4^th of July no more now

                                                                                    C M

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