Camp in Charlestown Va

November the 29 1863

 

Frind Buttles

                        I will take my pen in hand to write you a feuw lines to let you no that i am well and in good helth. Ouar Co is at presend Campt in Charlestown Va. 6 miles from harpers Ferry in the Shinandoe Valey. we ar in Winterquarters hear and have nice times scouting thru the valey. we had Qouit a brush with the Rebels 10 Days a go we whar after Imboden. we found his Camp and drove him out taking 30 Prisnors and kiling and / wounding quite a number and we tok from him severel wagons and horses and 100 head of fine catle we also plundert severel stores in Woodstok and Jaxon Mountjaxon

 

Tabacko was cheap we fecht in one waggon load of it tha war 2 kild on ouar side the belongt to the first New York Cavalry. Such work will be ouar winters job scouting thru the country and doing piket duty.

 

I would likt to be at home at presend to see the Concripts for ther must of been quite a number of men drafted, and if the next Draft goes on ther will be still more drafted / but as things looks at presend, we ar in hopes that the deth blow will soon be struck to the Rebelion Grant has don a big thing with Brags Army and has whipt them compleat. the Potomack Army has komenst an advanse movment and we ar all in hops that he will whip the Rebel Army under Lee as Grant has whipt them under Brag.

 

We ar at presend in the first Devishion West Va under the Comand of Genrel Sulervan his head Quarters ar in Harpers Ferry Va and Genrel Kelley is in Comand of all the forses in West Va. ther is a forse of 2600 Cavalry hear with us. 

 

the wether is as yet plesend we hav had som rainey days, but not to amount eney thing we ar all in hops that we will hav fine wether for some time to come so that the Union forses can make forward movments before the go in to Winter Quarters. Write and let me no what the pepole thinks of the war at home and let me no if ther is eney of my old frinds drafted.

 

I will Close my

letter with my best

Respects to you and to

All incoiring frinds

 

Write Soon

From your Frind

 

Charles Shriber

 Harpers Ferry Va                                           

            Co I. 6                                     

Mich Cavalry                                                  

 

ps. Henrey Heuer is still

alive and sends his

best wishes to you

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