Satuarday

October 24th 1864
my Dear and Loving
wife tis with pleasure
I take my pen in han
To informe you Thies few
Lines to Let you know
that I am well at
preasent but i was very
sory to hear that you
wer not well when you
wrote this Letter but
I hope you will be better
Gin [1] you receive this
Letter and i am glad
you send me my tax
receit and i am going
to Let you know that i
got your Likeness to and
the money to and father
i am going to Let you
know that we mooved again
[page 2]
we had A very heavy
fight the other Day we
mooved into another fort
we are now guarason th
fort our men trided
to Take the danvill
Railroad but they could
not hold it they toke
up one rail Lenth
of the road and then
they had to fall back
all our men could do
wasto take 2 forts and
some breast works and
A few big guns but we
expect to trit again
prety Soon we toak 500
prisners and they are
hard Lookin ones they say
if we stick to them till
after the election they
will give up they say
[page 3]
if Little mack [2] gets
in they will give up
and if he dont they
will eney how they
cant cary it on eney
Longer they are prety
near played out the
other Day when we
mooved their was A man
trying to draw the
Load out of his gun
and while he was trying
it the piece discharged
the ramrod went throug
his thum and the
dockter took it off
i was standing Looking
at him it was real
butchering i did not
feel mutch Like having
my thum taken off
you want to know wheather
the war will soon be over
[page 4]
you neet not ask me
that qestion because we
dont know eney more then
you do when their is
A fight we can see
them and we dont get
to hear eneything A bout
it fore 3 or 4 days and
gin that time you can
hear the news yourself
but when the election is
over then we can tell
better i want your folks
to tri all they can to
get old abe in fore
our armey election will
run prety tie [3] i wish
you could see the place
we are at it is a
hard Looking one we are
in pine woods i often wished
when i was home i could get
to cut pine but i got ennugh
of it the day we mooved we
had to work in the fort
after night till 9 o clocks
[page 5]
we wer bulding A magiziens
And the next Day we had
To cut down pine trees all
day and the milatery still
A Cutting down trees is
up as high as you Can
reatch and i understand
that samuel Weaver is
going to get married i
would Like to give him
one good adwice before
he sleeps with her the
first knight fore i am
affraid he will have
some trouble till he gets
his machiene in order
and i allso under stand
that my father is going
to farme but i think
he would better Let that alone
because his purs is to
Light fore that [is???]
[page 6]
i would ad wise him
to Let that buisness
Alone and work at his
old trade thats wh[a]ts
the matter and now i
want you to send me
a good pair of gloves
the nights are prety
Cold and i must go on
guard 24 hours and on
picked 48 hours and
my hands nearly freeses
holding my gun and
i dare not set it down
i must walk my beat all
the time with miy gun
on my sholders Ellhanon
Dumpman send home
fore a pair and he
got them to Day.

but I must Close for
this time fore it is getin
[page 7]
Late And now i
want you to write
as soon as you can and
send me the glovs if you
Can posativly get them
there is some heavy firing
towards writchmond to day
write Soon and answer
my Letter as soon as
you Can i am glad to
hear from you i under
stand you have got A
A nuther young [houn?] ore
A Copper head upin
Blartown i think that
game aught to soon
be played out their

rwrite Soon fore get
me not From your true
husband Samuel Cauler
Louisa Cauler Samuel cauler Nora
S[?????]
[page 8]
Tell Little Nora to
write me a few lines
But i suppose you must
Do that your self
Frome your mutch be loved
Husband Samuel Cauller
write Soon
Direct your Letter
to Co C 107 regt Pa
vet vols
Washing ton D C
Louisa CaullerSamuelCaulr
Nora suffia Caullr Louis Caul