Camp near Warrenton Feb. 27 [1864]

Dear Brother
I seat my self
this afternoon to write you a
fiew lines thinking you would
like to hear from me. well it is
quite warm today we have had
it dreadfull cold lately I was on
pickett the coldest day we have
had it was as much as I could
do to keep warm. part of the Co.
is on pickett to day they ar on three
days pickett down below Bealton
most down where we wer camped
the first of the Winter as I
had bin on every time that aney
of our Co. had to go they excused
me from going this time and
so I have got some cold I was
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glad of it. all but five of the
vetrons have got back we expect
the rest this afternoon.
Sunday we well Jim Smith and
Ike. Harris got back so I had
to leave the letter and have a
talk with them Jim is the
same old fellow that he was
when we wer with the Cattle
he is a Corporial dont know but
what I have told you before he
dident put aney stripes on tho
they say that they had a good time
I’d liked to of bin home with
them but shouldent like the
three years onley just think
they cannot keep us hardly 8 months
longer. I think it is a doubt
if they keep us over six months
they most all say that we
shall go out thru 21 of aug. for
that is the time that Old Col. G.-
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got his [company?] I hope it is
so for two months is considerable
long to the last well six or eight
it will soon pass Feb. is
most gon if all the rest of the
time goes as fast as Jan. and Feb.
it wont seame notime hardly:
we wer payed off yesterday for
the two last months of last year
they took out the $8 a month
that I aloted home the first
time for over a year if they
send it home all right I shall
be glad of it I shant have to
bother with it: I have had another
stop Jim Smith come in and has
bin tell abot what a good time
he had he says he was down
round pownol and Freeport on
a ride had a couple girls that
lived at Lufkins Corner he
says their names wer [?]itcomb
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William J [?]itcombs daughters
I dont know them perhaps you
have heared of them: there is
three vetrons to come yet if they
aint here tomorrow night they
will be likely to get into a fuse
fuss for their three days grace
will be out. it is time to
go to bed and I will close write
soon I got a letter from you
Friday good night
from your Brother
A, M, B