Camp near Winchester V.A.
Oct 26 1862
Dear Brother
I seat my self this
morning to anser your kind leter which
com to hand yestady the 25, I was proud
to here from you all an to her that
you was all well.
I hav nothing of importants to write
and if I did this is all the paper I hav
I offerd 25 cts for a sheet this morning to
them cood not get it. I am sory that you
all had to leav home but I hope if you
leav you wont hav to stay long.
You stated somthing about writing about
every bodies children if I had the paper
I would not mind it but by the time
I get started I hav to stop for the want
of Space. I am 24 years old to day an
it is a mity bad day for it has ben
raning ever sence last night about 3 oclock
Tell papys folk that I am well an that
I rote to them a few days ago but hant
got no anser I draud a coat an pants
so I dont need no pants.
Tell all houdy for me I would be
glad to see you all but I hope I shal
com this winter
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I must com to a close by saing write
soon as you get this. I hav a bad chance
to write we hav no tints I an manass
Herndon [1] & E. Parish [2] has built us a small
bunk down side of a larg rock but
Sence I hav comenced writing the
leves an dirt has becom wet an the
fork split but as it hapend the
fork ketched the cross pece a held it
till I got a fork an placed it in the place
of the other.
I will stop writing now as I cant think
of nothing funey Yours as ever
G. T. Beavers