Camp 1^st N J Cavelry

Saturday Evening January the 14^th 1865

 

My Dear Wife & Boy

                                    I have just receivd your letter writen on the 10^th and it grieves me to read it o my wen will that neiberhood quit a tattling i am sick and tired of hearing wat such and such said i cannot understand your letter altogether is a $1.20 all the monney you have i want to know now all about it or have you got that 20 dollar bill if you have i want you to use it and not borrow i dislike borrowing wen i have so much monney and if you have not got that bill i want to know it right away and if you have why use it and if not let me know and i will write a receipt to father to let you have the monney i do not like your telling evry body about my buisness and who has my monney and hinting people is talking about it why doant you tell me wat they / and who they are i would like to know and i think you are very foolish to think and belive evry thing other people tells you i would like to see any body tell me any thing about you i would soon tell them to just tend to their own buisness and i think they would have enuf to do and as for father & mother saying i got stuck i do not belive one word of it some more of M^rs Elys talk i bet a farm it is well enuf for her or any one elce to talk about me i am away off and cannot speak for myself very fine indeed if you done right you would not lisen to their lies & pool taking J. D. to come & see Sarah i do not belive a word of it nor never will i think i had sutch a brother why dont you ask father for the interest if you think you ought to have it i think he will give it to me if i ever come home and if i do not why i think he will give / it to you you say levi has evrything now i have got i do not expect to have anything wen i get back if i have got you and the boy i will be satisfied and another thing i want you never to do never say another word about the dog or chickens let it be until i come not one word some body must go and fight i hope to come home alive if not i will meet you i hope in a better place were their is no talking about one another and were the great giver says i made evry one alike why did you differ in the world and now you talk of woman down hear plenty if you saw some of them you at least would say no more about them i would not harbour a thought of such things about my husband and may be never see him again why do you have sutch thoughts i might say their is plenty of men home if you like them better than me why go but i do not ever harbour a single thought like that i love / love the ground you walk on and you know it and hear you write such absurbe things why do you think of them i never do as for your dream about my box i think it will be realiesed for i have not got it yet but hope to in a few days i answered your other letter about the monney and shirt i like them very well it is a good warm shirt my direaher is very bad again 10 times a day sometimes i am affraid i will never get over it but i am fat and strong the fat may be bloat but i am strong and as quick as ever now wen you write again i want to know wat people says and who them people is and about that monney all about it i must know if it was not for that box i would put in to morrow for my fourlough may be i would get it may be not you better pay for that house than move it will cost you more than that to move and may be you will not get a place for my wagon i would like to keep that if i could it will be harder to get than my other things if you knew how bad i feel you would pity me I know your letter grives me sadly good Bye

From you Dear Husband        Sgt H H Covert           Let no one see this not one private

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