1865
Battery B. Belfast Feb. 28,
Dear Brother
I now seat
myself to answer your
kind letter that I received
last weeak.
you still improve
in writeing and I am veary glad
to see it, and hope you will
try harder then ever before.
Wednesday March 1, 1865
I commenced this letter
to you yesterday but did
not write but a few lines for
I had to get reddy for
inspection and Muster for pay.
you see we are Mustered
for pay the last day of every
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two months.
our Capt Conant has
gone to Augusta he is
sitting on a courtmarshal.
our Le ient Smiley leaves
us this morning for fort
Nox it is 17 miles from
here and is on Penobscot river. [1]
he is ordered thare to take
command of the fort.
I do not know how long
he will be gone, but hope
he will be back soon.
our two Sergeants left
us last eve to go home on a
furlough. so that Battery B.
is now under the command
of Corporal Eldridge a good
fellow. and both of the Batterys
are under the command
of Le ient Keyes he was over
here yesterday & I like him veary
much.
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to day is the first day
of Spring & it is veary
warm but cloudy.
Sunday it rained veary hard
here. I went on inspection
Sunday & was excused from
the next guard duty for having
the cleanist gun. I tell you
we had a good time last
weeak. last weeak Wednesday
we fired 17 guns Canon at Battery B.
& thay wer also fireing at Battery A.
it was in honor of the birth
of Washington and the late
Victoryes. last eve I went
out to one of the Neighbours
and maid a call. I am going
over to the City to morrow.
last weeak I sent for five
Dollars. I have got to buy me
a lot of writeing paper &
Stamps. I suppose we get
20 dollars a month now.
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we have had goodnews
lately & if Sherman keeps
marching on we will soon
have better. I want you & Abby
& Martha to have your pictures
taken. & I should like to
have the others. be sure
& have some good ones & send
them to me for I want them.
have some large ones taken.
have them taken to gather
if you want to I suppose
you are going to School
now& having a good time
I want you to Study veary hard.
Wallace likes quite well.
Fitzroy is all wright.
I have not wrot to Jonathan
yet does he live in the same
place. we have got a plenty of Snow.
from your affctionate brother Frank.
P.S. direct to Mr Frank Cox
Battery B.
Belfast.
Maine