Monday March the 7 1864 Camp near Warington

 

To my Dear little wife

                        i hope this letter will find you doing very well it leves me very lonley i have not heard from my dear wife since i left her on that sad morning we are in no danger we are twenty miles from the battle ground we have not heard a single canon i do not thing we will get in any battle we have got no arms yet or no horses the men is all new recruits and know nothing about fighting the talk is that the regiment is going back to washington to drill this somer if it dos you must come and see me i felt bad wen you did not come and at trenton but it was no place for a woman i would a been sorrow to see you and glad to the men are so profane you would be fritened to hear them sware i am myself you know i did not want to enlist but that i had to i want you to see that all my debts is paid but do not pay any more see that silcox pays mount and see that joe smith payes you i left severel dolars for him to colect i have sent three letters to / my dear little wife and have recivd no answer that makes me feel so lonly you told me that you would never forget me i am sure that i shall not forget the only woman that i ever loved and the only one that i ever think about or ever shall as long as ther is life enuf in me to speak her dear name tell me how my little boy is getting along wether he looks for my coming poor little boy do kiss him for me as i cannot i sleep very coald nights thare is a grat deal to lauf at in camp the boys is all well i am now riting in john hustwaits tent he has got the best one in the regiment with a good fireplace in it he can make it to warm if he wants to we intend to get a stove to day if we can there is the city of warington about half a mile from hear we went there to church yesterday i shall not tell you evry thing i keep a memorandom book in my pocket i set down in it evry day if i get sick you must come right to me as soon as you can come next somer if we get to washington you must come any how i do not care if the / war last twenty years if it was not for you you are the only one that i think about at home you and minny you must get you picture taken very soon if you like me i want to see it i have got nothing to look at but if you send it then i will feel so glad get minnies taken to if you can i now you can if you try make me two good muslin shirts i shall send you tow letters a week as long as i can lift a pen and find paper send me some of them picturs that i had taken one of each kind i want to look at them do get you own taken i cannot wait long i do want to see them so bad my sweet missey do send them pleas i will tell you how to send them shirts and i will send more money to you if you get them two that i did send you keep plenty of money by you and dress nice do not deny yourself any thing that you want make them with a bosem in not linen but out of a little fine muslin do every thing that i tell you do not let any body impoes on you or i will not like it / there never was a prouder man in this world than i am of you i think so much of you my dear little missey i will see you again i feel sure of that somthing tells me of that now do not cry i think i see them pretty eyes that i think so much of all red with weping i know you love me do pleas answer this letter do not think hard of me for leaving you i could not help it we will live happy knowing that our hearts beats only for each other i can not tell you all i would like to it would take all the paper in camp i set down all my thoughts in a little book wen the year is up you must come and get if i stay hear you must come once evry year i shall tell you how to come no fear that if i ever get to be an officer i will have you with me all the time the officers has there wifes hear in log huts the major has his he has not been married long do not show this letter wen i send you a love letter like this do not show it but show the buisness letters you will get one of each kind evry week from your ever loving Husband and the father of you boy and mine donot quit forget me my dear wife         Henry

Henry H Covert

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