Tuesday June the 28^th 1864

In Camp on the South Side of James

 

My Dear Wife

                        it is with the greatest of pleasure that i again write to you although it is only two dayes since i sent you a letter and i suppoes that you will get them both at once but never mind i have got time to write and now or never is the motto their is great times down hear Grant is making Richmond tremble we hear the roar of his guns evry day and i guess he will soon take dinner in the capitol we are in camp now i do not know how long i shall remain but i hope a couple of weeks if not more it is very cool hear now that is two day it rained last night and that makes it very fine / i want to send off four or 5 letters to day i was very glad to hear from you and was very glad to get in the same a letter from charlie i want to write to Charlie Sornberger to day i answered Witticks letter yesterday you can write to him two if you want two but to me the oftenest Ha. Ha i guess you could not forget me if you tryed i got a letter from mother this morning and i shall answer it if i have time to day wen you write let me know the state of your finansial affairs that means how much money have you got on hand so i can see how you get along i belive i shall get along all right by the way i had a fine dream about you the other night a butifull one i thought i was home and got one good hug and one kiss wen the bugle sounded and i had to come back in virginia / to see the lambs play that was to bad was it not the blamed bugle woke me up just as i saw you and befor i could see the little boy i got all your picturs safe yet but know not how long i will keep them it is a poor place to keep any thing in the armie they ware out yours is all right and i got a case for minnies that is soiled the worst of any i am affeard you will worrie yourself sick about me your very foolish to think all the time about me but i think of you the most of the time i shall not get hurt hear any sooner than at home and my dear little wife if i should hear of your being sick it would make a much more painfull wound than a traitors bullet so worrie not but trust in God he is on the right / your letter pleases me much i am glad your father wants to hear from me and likes to hear my letters read i am glad he keeps the liver coller dog i like that one the best you have not told me wat you have done with my wagon i want you to take good care of it so i can take you out with it wen i come back i shall send a letter to you wen ever i get time time enuf but i cant set on a horse and write neither can i write in the dark and if i wrote 50 i could not send them untill the mail come in i am out of ink but got paper thanks to your good thoughts of me but no envalopes but wat i steal and i steal very little you asked about my office the smallest in the company of course i was only blowing a little to see how it sounded on paper corporal that is all tell me about Hustwaits wound wen you answer this i shall send you a bundle to day if i can and in your next send me some postage stamps and do not forget to send me a few envalopes they have not paid us yet if they had i would have a little monney it is the meanest thing if i had a little money i could get along a little better but i have not got it so i can do without for no one wants to lend you any wen they are fighting fear they will not get it it seems so cruel for me to have so much and then have none in the end / Good bye my dear little wife kiss the little boy over 4 months gone hurah for abe and ander Johnson good Bye pleas answer this i could set hear and write a week to you just wat i want to say to you but this will let you know that i am well tell your father he knows wat dog to keep and let me know how my game cock is coming on and all about his things in general send me the things i ask for and wen i get monney i will pay you for them tell me how much money you have and if you get you state pay good bye till i get another letter from you from your ever loving and never forgetfull

Husband Henry H. Covert

 

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            Tell your father he must look for another letter from me soon as i can get some ink to write this is browed and most gone good Bye with a good kiss

Henry Covert

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