Camp Friench

Evansport Va January the 30eth 1862

 

                                                                        Dear brouther and Sister I now seat my self to drop you a few lines to let you no that I am well at the present and I hope when these lines comes to hand that they may find you all well I have nothing of importance to rite you The helth of our Companey is improving but we have sufferd great with diseas since we left georgia there is not a man in the company but what has been sick and we have lost six William Miller and John Black and John Drumonds and John Hendricks and John David Henderson and John Hubard and there is one sick now that we dont think will ever get well Thomas R. Morton is very low I had a spell of a bout three weeks the worst spell of sickness that I ever had in my life before I was taken I waid one hundred and seventy four pounds but when I got well I only waid 100:45 and now I way 100:65 and if I keep harty as I am I will way two hundred by Spring! I cant tell you any mor nuse I exspect you know more of that than I do we have the potomic river blockaded hear but the yankeys try to pass evry dark nite that comes and some times we burst there ships all to mash and some times they get by safe we have thirteen guns hear and I tell you when they all get to fireing the yankey hears it thunder we have to stand picket evry fifth nite and I tell you that is bad these cold nites and you may think / that there is some mud in georgia but this is the worst place for mud that I ever saw when the ground is not frosed it is im possible to get about for man the wether is some colder hear than it is their and as for snow we have one evry week yesterday was as hot as as the hotest days in march and it is raining to day and a good eal colder and by to morrow nite there will be snow on the ground Capt groves will be home by the fifteenth of next month and I am going to sen Sarah some money and you had better go over and get yours that I am oing you. you now she has no way of going over their you said you was needing it when I left their but I could not get it for you and if you have laust any thing by me not paing you I will pay you ten per sent intrust on the note! Tell Berrys folks that Marshal has been sick for two months but is geting well now and Aderson is well at this time Marshal talks of trying to get a furlow to go home but the old Jeneral dont let evry boddy go home that wants to. you must excuse me for not paying the postage on this letter for I cant pay postag with any thing but silver and I have not got it nor cant get it hear I wold have riten to you be fore now if it had not been for that I must come to a close for this time

rite to me as soon as you can                                                              B F Stewart

 

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