Lamien Crossing

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Dec 22..61                   

                                                                

Dear wife and children i am well yes verry well except a coughf which is ware many of our noble boys of libberty. i cincerly hope and pray these lines poor and feeble as they are may reach you in good health O what must i write i suppose gods truth. i have not received any letter from home since we was at Sedalia. we are like the the traveling arabs of Arabia in our tents yet we do not know from one day to another whare we will be the next we are kept under close orders well that is write i supose but we would like / more libberty. O how we would like to be on free soil a gain. yes may of us would clap our hands if we could hear that we could return to our loved homes and our loved ones there well it is Sunday between autumn and new years O how unhappy i am compaired with those that past away to never return no never but i hope that i through the goodness of god will be permitted to see my dear family a gain when i see little children altho it is seldom that i see any they site me to my dear little ones and my heart ore flowes with grief and sorrow may is the silent tear we shed in moon lites pleasant hour O that i could lay my acheing head once more on your dear breast Ruth if you forgave me of my former worthfulness and sinfulness i trust the Lord of all goodness to forgive all

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Jan 1^st 62. Newyears. gift. to all /

 

Jan 1^st, 62 Lamien

Crosing, company F, 6 reg, Iowa vol

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O how i it makes my heart ache to write the word January the month of my birth the month of our happy union

 

Dear and affectionate Ruth the flour of my choice, i am well to day and hope you and the children are in good health the best of all earthly blessings

this is our inspection day we drilled Batalion with our knapsacks on a while and then formed in line of battle while the band played its solm march meant time the inspecting officers on horse back gallopt in front and rear /

 

well it is a cold day for this place it is freezeing all day we donot expect to to stay hear much longer but whare we will go is another question we may go to Springfield a gain, or we may go to the Hanible and sitgo railroad to guard it or we may go to St Louis thence to kentucky well let them take me whare they may god is my trust my comfort and my all, yes my hopes is in christ the redeemer of the world. yes he will be farther to the fartherless yes and wipe a way the widows tear. i hear from Oceola ofton, write soon

 

your affectionate husband

untill death      John G Scoville

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