Richmond August the 2nd 1862
Dear father and Mother brothers and sisters
it is with great pleasure that i seat my self
to drop you a few lines to let you know
that i am well hoping those few lines when
comes to hand to find you all well
Father I hav nothing much intrust to rite
only we got to richmond safe and sound
we saw a prety hard till we got here and
since we have camped it is about the same
only we dont got as many tents as we have
had we have only eight tents to the company
in which we are crowded prety bad not as
bad as you would supose though we camped
about two miles the side of the city from
here and stayed two days we left there
the last day of July we are about ten miles
from the city now we marched about twelve
miles and it rained all the time
it was bad marching for the hills was
wet and slick but we made the
trip fine the here is like the hills about
home it was first down and then
up and it was raining prety hard
so you know that was bad but
we would stop to rest the boys
would lye down and laugh and
talk just like it was a prety
day and we all stood fine i think
that we have just comenced to see
hard times for there is no telling
how many troops there is here the
loks like vilages all about richmond
and out here there is a great many
that has no tents at all and they
look like a Battalion muster day
at hameltons only there three to
one it it would suprise you to
half the me that i have saw for
the last two weeks i saw one
whole Brigade at the depat in
richmond about ten ar fifteen
thousand i saw a great may
of my old acqatance there allso
there was the five several south
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Carolina Regiments in it the
fourteenth was there the two first
g[r]eggs and orrs the boys all looked [1]
prety well i saw J N Culbertson Ken
Roberson Samp Philops and jim but
i did see uncle joel they all told me
when i rote to tell you all that they
was all well doing fine also i saw
F M Martin and john [Mc?lenen] they
also told me to give you all their
best respets and told me to tell
you that their to tell their folks that
they was well they all went through
the batle unhurt except Samp he got
a slight wound in the back but
he was most well he was on the cars that
whole regiment was on the cars ready to
leave when i found them i did not
get to stay with more than ten minutes
that whole brigade is gone to the valey
to reinforce jackson so i did not
get to stay with them long J P caldwell
and Thomas Downey is in about three
miles of us in the hospital sick
and some more of the boys capt
[wood?] also is there Dr john henry henderson
is dead he died in the hospital yestoday
morning i dont know whether he is sent
home ar not i heard that this morning
but i cant say that it is so
Father that is all that I have to rite at
this time you must send me a pair
of shoes for they are fifteen dolars per
pair here boots 30 & 40 dolars per par send
those things that i sent for as soon
as you have a good chance for i may not
get them if you wait you sad some thing
about what sort i wanted yarn clothes is the
best out here cut my Drawers like those i have
here so i will come to aColse tell all inqiren
freind howdy for me let me know how
to Direct aletter to W H Neese and wele
fogett for i fear that they are out
here some where so Direct your letters to
Richmond V A so farewell till another time
I remain as ever your dutiful son T H Cul