[1] one mile west of Fairfax
June 20the 1863
Dear Brother I
have received your kind
letter on the 18the inst
and I was verry happy
to hear that you was all
well I am well at
presant and I hope wen
this comes to your hand
it will find you all
well. we are laying here
two days allready but
we dont know what
minut we get orders to
move we had verry heavy
marching and the head [heat]
and dust killed agread
many of our army some
droped done in the road
dead from the head
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but now it is nise and
Cool we had a good rain
last night. the cavelry
had a fight not far from
here the other day the report
is here that Lee is
not far from here with
agread force but I think
he will drove out of it
for long we are on equal
footing with him here
he hand got the forts
and rifel pits to get
in lik at Fredricks[burg]
I fee[l] quiet [2] at home sins
I am away from the
Rappehanack I was
tired of that plais it
looked awful daingerous
there and I hope we never
need go the[r]e any more
I seen in the paper that
the rebs was in Pa
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and that is the best
thing that happent yacht
I would like to here if
thay would go thrue the
half of the state and let
the people find out
what war is and then
I think we would get
more help here and
this thing would Soon be
over. all the people cares
for at home is to make
money and live comfortable
and dont care how we
haf to suffer here thay
think that we should
do everry thing.
there was lots of things distroyed on this march there was
millions of Dollars worth
burned tents and wagons
and amunition provision
and arms the road was
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strewt with broken guns
and such stuff if a wagon
upsot or stuck in the mud
the just unhitched the horses
and sot fire to them with
the load on and all.
I hand got time to write
agread deel now and I hope to
hear from you soon again
I am still trying to serve
the Lord and hope that
will never turn of from the
narrow path and my wishes
and prayer is that all my
sisters and Brothers will
serve the Lord that if we
connot see each other on
this world that we can
meet in heaven where parting
is no more. pray for me
and I pray for you so no more
at presant write soon so
much from your affectionate Brother
Daniel Faust