Head . Quarters 8^th V t

           

                        Hall. Town. Va aug 25^th,64

 

Dear Wife

 

                        your kind letter of the 14^th was read last night with much plashure was very glad to hear you was feeling some better I hope you will keep feeling better my health is very good for me and all the rest of the boys are well the last time I rote you we was at still ceder creak well we did not stay thare long we found that the rebs hald to large a forse thare for us so we have retreated back to here we are forterfing here tha fowled us right back and are right in frount of us now our scurmishers are firing at them from morning till night but it dont amount to much tha say tha are sixty five thousand strong it wold not be anything strange fer us to have a big fight with them any day I think we shall be anough for them here I hope tha will not fight if tha do I hope and pray that we may meat with good sucsess and all live to get out of it and to return home to thare dear friends never to go to war any more we have to be ready to fall in a moments notice

we have an excilent piece of ground to fight on so if tha undertake to fight us here I think tha will get whailed if we are smart erough to do it for them you wanted to know if I was 1^st Lieut no I am not Alf is Capt & Fred is to be 1^st Lieut perhaps you will think it strange but it was all under stood between him and my self before he was recomended I did not want it if I hald ben premoted to 1^st we could not hald a 2d Lieut  I rank as high as I ever want to you wanted to know if milt staid with us he is with us now and like him very well we have not ben paid yet and dont know when we shall be money is a very scarse artical here with us I have sent to Edwin for a pr of boots to be sent by express if you have any more money that you want to use your self you may send me a little if you please I shall want a little to pay the express on the boots.  George Flanders has got back and was over to see me day before yestarday he is looking very well you said if Amanda lived at Bradford you would try and get a chanse to go and stay with hur a while I think she would like to have you now you hald better do it and what you cant do to help hur we will pay her for your board cant stop to write much more this time write soon and all the news will close by wishing my darling a thousand good wishes and a good buy kiss

 

            From your ever loving

                                    Hursband

                        Lieut.Nat.Robie

                        Co  D 8^th Vt                         

                                                Washington

                                                            D.C.

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