Head quarters
Richmond Va June 16 1862
Dear Mother I embrace the opper
tunity of droping you a few lines
just to let you no I am in joying
good helth and hope those few
lines will find you injoying
the same Dear Mother I have
naglected write ing to you a
long time I have not bin with
the company in 3 weaks un til
to day I was Sent to Peters
burg after bagage for the legion
an I braught it to Richmond
and I was left at the depot
to gard it So I Stade with it
3 weaks and paid my bord at
$150 a day and my monney all [1]
give out And I left it and
went to the legion be Sides
I had my carpet Sack Stole
from me with a bout $40.00
worth in it and while I was
thair the battle of Sevnspines [2]
was faught an I Saw
hundreds of the wonded all the
hospet als was full
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and hotils was full the ladays
is waiting on them day and
night it is imposible for us
to get a furlo but evry one
that was wonded and was able
to go home and wanted a furlo
they ware hlad to get him
of[f] I have Saw 30 & 40 leave
at one time thair was several
georgians in wonded our men
got lots of thair bagage
Sevral bbl of whiskey an
coffee we are whair the battle
commenac here is the Sevn
pines whair the two armeys
met th pines are in a little
cluster thair is whair they
got in reach of the bay onett
and the yankeys run
if we had the yankeys
only to whip we could of
whirp them long ago the
yankeys has got re cruiting
officers all over Eruope
we are fighting the [4?]
bagavons of the globe [3]
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I baught 2 quires of paper
and 3 packs of anvellops in
compardne Ship with two
others and thes is my 4th
letter also two dolalrs worth
of stamps and I have none
of the Stamps to go on my
letters I never went in
compardner Ship but
what I got the worst of
it So I Shal go in to
Such buisness no maore
you wrote to me to no
what I wanted you to Send
me I dont want you to Send
me any thing yet I have
plenty yet I Saw part
of the they yankey prisoners
they Sent them to N.C.
thair was 524 Some of
them was bair foot
Some bair head and
Some had no coats
the wether is verry
warm now the boys
patision to capt
Morris to resine
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and he is gone home and
I Suppose he will
Nothing more at presant
write Soon
I was inform by a
jentle mans S[??] from
ga that father had [??]
takeen the Scafel of[f] of
the house you tel him
for my Sake take
it of[f]
Remain Yours
Truly
B. L. Mobley

You need not Seek to win me back
Or wonder at my state
You have no power to move me now
Your efforts came too late
S. A. Mobley