gordonsville this the 4 October 1862
Dear Wife I now take my pen in hand to let
you Know that I tolable well all to a hurtin in
my hip and Sholders But I am about and
I hope When this come to hand that it
May find you and all Well you wantedd to
Know Whether We had tents to ly in or not
We have tents to ly in me and henry
Thomasson and andy Magee William Boyd and
and Joseph Merrit dock terry Wilmon Croft
all tents in one tent But we had the
Bad luck to lose one of our neighbour Boys
Witch was dock Terry he died last night
about ten oclock in the night he was at
gordensville in hospitle We Was very
Sorry to loose him out of our Company
We lern that old Jack Stafford is ded he
died down below us here and his Corps
Went on by here to day coming on home
We are going to Winchester I want to know
Wether my little gal has got her Shous
yet or not I was detail again to day
to carry the guns of to gordenvill We are
going to leave our guns here and get more
at Winchester We have got a plenty of
old Jef rusty Bacon here yet and flourer
and a little Rise and Shugar if you stan
in need of any thing you must sell your
Brandy and by it I Want know how
mutch Brandy you had made I Want
to know what the price of Brandy is
up thare now I herd that Brandy was
Six dollars a gallon up there Henry
Thomasson Sends his best love to you all
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andy Magee has traded for him
a repeater But he did not Keep it
Many days be fore he tradeed it for a
Watch they have whip two more
of our men in camp the other day
for runing a way and four more of
our men run a way last night from
this camp thare is about ten thousand yankees Culpepper
court house and they have ben taking
some of our men prisners I want to
Know What people think about peace
up thare and I Want to Know how
you all are getting along with your
crop and I want you to keep all the
corn and stuf you rase I have got
as Mutch money as I had when I
left home I sold my Briches that I draw
from old Jef Davis you may tell
Billie Walker that I am about as comon
you may tell all the men beteen
35 and 45 if they new as Mutch as
I do they would stay Whare they are
you tell Billie Walker that I would like to
know how his tobacco crop is I have ben
over the other camp about five miles from
here to See isac Right he has ben poly But
he is on the mend now you can till his
Wife if you see her any time soon that
I saw him I have received your leter
and was sory here that elizabeth was Sick
Write to me soon direck your to gordenville
to the 21 Regment NC Company D in care of capt
A Miller No more from me at presant
I Remain your affeckinat husbon untell deth
John Ingrum