Camp griffen Virgina Oct the 20 1861

 

Dear parents tis sundy and

It is sum what lonsome

 

To day for the first time for me to but that is nothing hear and [?] to you no that tis som cold hear now but not all the time iwant you should write how the weather is in Goshen now and how near you have got the logs sawd out and so on and so forth to and if you work in the mill yet to and hoo hellps you now and if elwin is there yet or not and how the chrildrin are and all the rest of the folks are to it is geting late now and icant write much now but ihave jest come out of the hostpical this morning from the dephthier it is well now ihope dont you to twas not very /

 

 

i jest got                                                                                  

your letter this minet

 

And you sed that you

heard that we had ben

drove back from

Chane Bridge to

            Washington

 

But it aint so

We go firthalher

            feather every

            day or to the

            next thing

            that you hear

            We shall be at farfax

            Cort house as shure as hell

 

[sideways]

 

John W Pitridge /

 

So good from

 

John W Pitridge

Direct your

Leters as

Bfore

and it will

Come

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