March 12^th 1862

 

Dear Jinnie                                                                                   

                        As it is raining I take this oppitunity of writting you a few lines it would bea very pleasent Inded hear if it would stop raining The nights are pleasant an the days are hot warm We left camp hamton on monday with a bout five hundred and we landed here at Charlston that eavning without eny axedent we was put in the depo and was kep there that night and the nex day we was moved up to the race corse and it comence to rain and we war unable to pich our tents that day so we ware put in a house at the race corse gust think how much rume five hundred men had in on house the first night we slep very well but the nex / night we had to hollor when we want to turn ove so that they could turn over at the same time I will stop at that and tell you somthing that I saw in the city I saw the market house and it seam to bea from four to five hundred yards long The Busyard was as thick as chicken in you yard They seem to have ever thing to sell in the market That fire that they had burnt doun sevel squ Blocks and it came very near burning up the market

 

I went doun an saw the Ocan and saw forte sumter and casel Pinckney and sulevan Iland I in tends to go to those places in a few day to day I went an saw the bridge a cross the Asly river and it was from fore to five / hundred feet yards long it is a bautyfull river I saw from fore to five hundred duck at one time tell cousin Jim that I wish that he was hear so he could kill them I think that he could kill from thirty to forty at one time tell him to come an see ous four I would liked to see him it is time for dress perraide and I must close I remain you affetion

                                                                                                Brother W B Hughes

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            As I did not have time to sende it a way untill to day I thought that I would give you some more nuse We can hear them firing at forte sumter they practice ever day we can hear it ever morning / it seame like distant thunder

 

They are fiting at Arkanser and and it is repoted that we had three General kill but we had them hem up an that we had sent for six thousen Indians an it is thought that they in tende to kill all of them the people at Charlston dusnot seam friting at tall they seam properly sattisfide that they cant thake this place

 

all is wel Lovell Robert and Cisero sends there love to you all Tell Lizzie that I saw Lamar and he looks very well in dead and he as me when had I herd from home he want to know whether all was well or not I must done as it is time for drill let no one see this letter Burn as sone as received                                                                      W B Hughes

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