Lee Barracks Jan 29^th

 

            Dear Father

                                    You letter speaking of my health more particularly than any thing else came to hand on the 27^th.

 

I was glad to receive it, but I was also sorry to hear that you were worred about me, because I am having better health than I had at home last winter.

 

We drew our horses last yesterday & we shall draw our saddles to day. I picked a good heavy horse & a good troter which is the mane thing in cavilry. Charley also drew a good horse & able to carry him.

 

Some of the companies are / agoing to drill on horse back to day.

 

I should write more often & write to some of the boys but we have so much to do that I do not get any time to do any thing hardly such as reading or writeing.

 

The battery men harness up their horses every day & also drill with their guns.

 

The regiment will never fill up at the rate we are going on now, they are runing a way fast there are about 15 gone out of our Co. that will never come back.

 

Col. Man got a letter from Kellog who is in Washington giveing him a scolding because had not got filled up yet / & telling him that if he did not fill in thirty days that he could not come to Washington I know that he can not fill it up in less than six weeks. About our bounty the Capt is to be on the ground & talk with us about it & Sproull told us he thought if the men would listen to him he would do what was fair.

 

I have not any money & my watch is at the watch makers I also want to have some heavy taps put on to my boots. please send me two or three dollars no more.

 

love to all,

W^m. Glover. Gage

 

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Glover at

Lee Barracks

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