1861 June 6 Harpers Ferry

[continuation of letter from P. Edloe Jones to his sister]
Thursday mornin^’g’
Dear Sister,
As the weather is too bad to drill this morning,
I will write you a few more lines to make up the five cents
worth. It is another very bad day, but I will not have to be
out any. Bro John will certainly be expected here this
week, I will be very glad to see him. I hope he can get the
situation in our Regiment. I know Cap Murray will do all
he can for him. I wish Pen was here, I think this
would be a better school for him than that at the Univer-
sity which he expects to attend & then he would be lear^’n’ing
som^’e’thing about camp life &c. I wd be as well fixed as
I wd care to be if Pen was only here. What does Joe do with
himself now? I miss him very much. Cousine Dock
is one of the greatest cases over here that you ever saw in yr life.
Henry Chiles told me to tell you that I was ^’am’ a “b^’i’gger rascal”
& more mischievious than I was at home, well ^’I’ do have a
great deal of fun with the boys over here.. I will be very glad
to see Mrs. Murray over here, you had better come with her.
I want to see the baby very bad, you have never told
me how many teeth she has. It is breakfast time so I mus^’t’
stop, I expect I’ll have some “Beef” for breakfast.
You must ^’not’ show my letters out of the family as they
are so badly written. I am very well, as well as I ever
was in my life. My love to all & accept a L^’l’arge share
for your self. Write again soon to yr devoted Brother
P. Edloe. Jones

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