Jefferson Barracks Mo

July the 24^th 1864

 

Dear Rittey Ann I am permitted to pen you a fiew lins in ansor to yours of the 18 of this month I was glad to hear from you I hav got too letters from you since I came hear I hav rote three and this makes 4 I am hear yet I am a going to try to get a furlow and come home if I can twentey days or thirtey tho I may be mestaken I may not get one at tall if I dont get one in ten or fifteen days I will not come till my time is out I dont think my eys will be well a nuff for me to go back to my Reg^t and i dont no what I will do I hav no Descriptiv role hear if I had tha say I cold get a discharge furlow and then I cold come home but that dont suit me I want to stay till I get my / discharge rite and then I will hav it and tha cant keep me out of my money tho I may get able to go back to the reg^t and if I dont get to come home 15 or twentey days I may go back to the reg^t if my eys keeps mending and gets well soon a nuff tho I cant tell what tha will do with me it is only guess work and I dont no how long I will stay hear som times my eys is better one day and the next worse so I dont no when I will be well I cant see half as good as I cold before tha watter and smart and each the Docter burns them with blue stone every too or three days and som times every day he says I hav the chronic sore eys and a catare in my hed I hav had the worst stuff to come out of my nose and a misery in my hed but that has pretey near left me now and I think I will get well /

 

well you sent me the nombers of that land but I cant tell eney thing a bout them when you rite hav boath sections lade off and the nombers of the sects and rang and the nombers of our land and the nombers on that mans land hav sombodey to do it that nose all how the land lays and all a bout it

 

you say a part of section 29

                        town 64

                        rang 23

 

and I dont no eney better then I did before I cant get to onder stand it hav the section lade off and every thing rite and then I will go and see the man I can find him I think I seen a man that sayd he new he lived up in the Cittey I think he livs on fourth street but I will wate till I get a nansor from this letter /

 

well tell the children that I send my love to them and respects to them

 

So I must now close soon

 

I truley hope when those lins comes to hand tha will find you all well and doing well

 

you say that you think that the brush whackers will do a heep of dameg thare I hope not tell me hoo tha are and whear tha are if you no tell me hoo kild James long if you no and tell me how and all a bout how the times is as near as you can you only give me hints and I dont no eney better then I did before you seam like you was in truble let me no what is the matter with you that makes you rite so drole so I will hav to close soon fare well to all

            J. W. Sanders              did you ever get

            R. A. Sanders              my over coat or not

                                                let me no

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