No 8 Neare Fredrickburg Dec 19th [1862]
Friday moring Va
Deare Wife I. thought I would write
Anouther Letter because I did not no as
you would Git my numbe 7. I feel very
Weel but my Could has not Got weell
Aand I do not expect It will this winter
My Cough is better. I think. Last week
It was warm and Pleasant and this week
it Cold and Blustering. but no snow
Whe have Joined our Brigade aghain
Where we shall Goin next I do not
no I sopoes we Shall move some where
Some say we are Going Back to Washington but
That to Good News to believe I. hope we shall
I doint sopoes yow Can read and under
Stand half my Letters I wish you would
rewrite revise respell If you wis[h] to keep
Them If not I doint Care. I have Just received
No 13 yow say I hav seen a Geart many things
I have seen nothing ruinnation on everything
Side houshes fences Trees there was a Geart
Deal distroed in the City houshes striped
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Beds dishes Broken and everthing it is
A Larg City Some brought down to the
River Larg Looking Gass Like ours and
Chars and a host of others things which
Would do them no Good I. think It is
A Shame on this Goverment to keep
this war along to Loose so many lives
And have the soldirs sufer so much
this Cold wether the rebs are to much for us
We are not so well Provided for as the
hogs in mass[achusetts]. this is a fact and tell
the folks so in Weymouth to Lay
dwon in the mud in shelter tents
And some times with out in the rain
I sopoes folks say there say there
Why doint they Go on with the war
Tell to Come out heare try it it was horid
To Put mem in the Poishon Posishtion that
They was saturday the 13th we had to
March over a Plain to meet them they
Was in trenches the same as if they was
Behind Mr. Henerys hill and we had
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To march dubell quick across our Pastur to
The side the hill and they Behind the
Hill yow see they had Better Chance
Then we we whould Lay down and
Load Git up and fire most all that
Was th killed was killed Coming
Across the Plain with there big Guns
Poring in to us. that Battel did no Good
At all. Geart mamey Lives was Lost for
Nothing but I think they have Got
About a enouGht of the rebs. we shall
have Giv up to them the sooner the
Better you seak about Coming out
The Lice it not head Lice we Care eney
thing about But Boddy lice no one
escapes but by Carfful watching they
Are keept scarse. William was heare
to day he was bright and well. write
As soon as you Git that money I sent
By mayor Fay of Chelsa 20. dollars I
We should have to go in Battell and should
Lose and it would be Lost if Samson
had not sent his he would Lst Lost it
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19th
I thought yow Could send a
Little to time some as you hav
I. BouGht Chees and it Cos 70 ct
Pr Pound seventy do mestake 70 ct
For one Pound Butter 65 ct
it is so Cold I. Cant writ
Eey more
The squir Humphery is heare
I. send it by him
Good by All