Fairfax C H V A
July the 2 1862
Dear father I seat my
Self to wright you a few
line to let you no that i and
Pressly ar Well at present
hopeing thes few line may
find you all Well i received
your letter yisterday i was
glad to her from you and
that you wer all well i
herd from home about too weaks
ago you wanted to no if R F
Bell and Anderson Wats had
got they got her they got her
on teusday they sed that they
never let eny one no that they
wer coming i want to no what
made them leave in the knight they
ar Sick of it aredy but thy cant
help themselves
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you wanted to if it was so that
me or pressly had crippeled a yank
ee it is fals for i never had
chans to hurt one I Hav Not
much to wrigh I was out
Picket gard yisterday We
was in mile of the enemy ther
75 of us we was commanded by
capton pescart if we had met
with them we wold had a few
shots We wer close to the enemy
We not had to fight yet but
i look for it every hour ther has
been several little battels around
i herd that Colonel Slones Regament
had a fight at lees Burg i do not
no Whether he lost eny men or not
but he gaind the field the yankees
got too of our cavelrymen Satur
day and four horses our cavel
ry hav taken a grat meny of ther
men prisoners and several horses
and arms likey kild too yankees
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the other day it is said that the
enemy hav left falls Church
and gon to alex andrew We hav
ben Stand at bay about a weeak
We can not go much closer with
out fighting We hav Com mence
bilding Brest works today i think
We Wil Stay her Severals Weaks
presedent davis is Waiting to See
What congress Wil do if they
do not make peace then then War
Wil commense in ernest We hav
put up a telagraph that gos
to al the camps in 5 hours time
We can hav 50 thousand men
her ther is som sick ness hier ther
is severals cases of the mesels her
i not got them yet but do not
how soon i may hav them
We hav not got eny money
yet We do not fair as Well
as We did in south carolina
We cannot by enything for every
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thing is dear that We can not
by them We do not get enogth
of bread but we get enogh of every
thing els colonel Bacon told
General Bonham if he did not
treat his men Beter he Wold
march then back to S Carolina
We hav cold wether her We had
a good rain yisderday
James AleWine is well
I Want to know how the pet
ty cots and hoopskirts fits
the Boys that went home
the girls throd them petty
cots and Bonnet and they
throd us roses and poun cake
and Wished us good luck
the last time iherd from hesakiah
hall he Was seting closs besid
of his Saly dear want to no if
W W Burris is comming Back
or no I Want you to Wright
Me Soon as you can and giv all
news I want if you hav got
wheat out and how much you
maid and how your geting along