[Glover in the Army]

 

Feb 11^th 1864

Camp near Stephensburgh Va.

 

Dear Parrents.

               Your letters of the 31^st of January were received about three days ago but having some cloathing to draw of the Quarter-Master & issue to the company & also having writen a day or so previous to you I thought I would waite three or four days before writing.

 

You spoke in you letter about my writing to cousin that I should not have to stand picket and then saying in the next letter that I had just come of picket.

 

I supposed at the time I wrote to her that I should not, as I had been promoted to company Q.M. Sergt but some time it becomes necessary to put every man on to fill out / the detail. now I hope that is explained satisfactorily.

 

I see by your letters that you are very much worried about me I have not ment to give you any cause by my letters to think I was very ill on the contrary I have told you in nearly every letter that I was well in every other respect except that one & I am nearly right in that now the reason I have writen so exactly how I feel is because you boath requested I should do so but I have some times thought it would have been better for your peace of minde if I had not been so exact.

 

I have no doubt the Captain would think by the fuss that has been made that I had wanted to get home so bad that I had spun some pretty tall yarns for that purpose but I told him some time ago that I did not want such a ferlough as they were giving at / that time but if my complaint should continue I told him I thought I should nead a short ferlough.

 

I think he knows to, the nearvousness of My Mother & what an excitement one woman can make in a house if she once gets excited about any thing ha. ha. ha.

 

We are still in quarters at Stephensburgh, but I thought the other morning when we were turned out midnight about three oclock to draw rations & grain that we were going to make an advance & leave our snug quarters except that I knew that the seige guns nor pontoons could not be moved through the mud so I made up my mind that it was only a reconisance which it proved to be we were gone two days & one night.

 

I suppose you will think I am not very sick when I tell you I can carry a sack of grain weighing 180lb. Love to all.

Glover

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