No 23 Pleasant Vallay Oct 19th 1[8]62

Deare Wife Sunday moring It is Pleasant
Warm day I Writ to let you no that I
Am well hop this will find you the
Same I was on Guard again Larst night
And shall have rest to day It seems a
Long while sence I Left home sence I
Partted with you And thoes little ones
Little did think then It whould be So
Long before I Should see them Inacent
Children I thought I should have a
Fourlogh a Ghain but I did not I hope
It will not be Long before this war will
Closed I think that time will Come
before Next May God Grant It may be
Sooner It seem to be the thoughts
of Peopple heare What do they think
In Weymouth I soppoes folks think
We have high times heare out of the
Sight there falilys Familys but I
Do not see many very smilling
Faces there thoughts are one there Pleasant
homes
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We have Left our Ploughts our work shops
Our, Wifes, our. Children., Deare,
With harts to full, with for utrence
With but a sillint Feare
you may think that I have Gone
home sick I have not. there was a
Prayr meetting here the other night
They all Prayed that the war might
brought to a Close and rturn to our
Homes. Sunday Eveing we was Called out
To Go After Straw to Put in our tents we went
to a numbers of hushes but did not Git eney
We Lay very Comtable in our tents I.
Think I Shall Sleep to night I did not
Sleep much Larst night the Grand rounds
Came round Larst night when I was on
Guard Larst night at 12 oclock to try the
us the Offcers one of the day and others
they Come Pocking a Long and I Say Who
Comes there they Say Grand rounds
I Say halt Grand Advance Sargaant
of the Gra rounds and Give the Count sign
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he Advances I Put the Poinet of
Bayonet betwen him and me he
then Give to me which was mourgue I then turn
owtward from Caamp Prssent Arms
and Say Ad vance Grands rounds they then Go
Next Post and so on, they had a meeting
heare to day I did not Go. I Expected
a letter Satturday night but did not
I Expect Git one When the Capt Comes
We Expected him to day Send A M
My under Shirt soon as you Can
My funds are rather Low 5 cts th
Sutlers Chees Look Good and was
Good but I was no use I dint
No when Shall Git ow our Pay
heare but Longer the tl time mor
Pay Wensday 22th I Recevied your
Letter Larst night Right Glad to
I began to think I want to have eney
More your 7th I Got the 11th your 4th I. Got 15th
With the Freemans Did you Git my
5th 8th which Acount of my Moving