Monday, September 12, 2011

1861 Sept[ember] 12 Camp Near Centreville

Dear Friend Kate I received your
kind & welcome letter some three
or four weeks since and I take this
opportunity to answer it I was very
glad to hear from you and to
hear that you were all well, you
said all the girls looked well except
Snake you named one in particular
you called her my Dear Maggie well
if you say she is my dear it must be
so & guess you know, give her my love
Tell Snake I can very easily account
for her looking badly she has par-
ted with some one and she is grie
ving herself about him I cant

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say who it is unless it is Mr Quarles[?]
tell her he is well and I hpe it
wont be long before she may have
the happy privilege of seeing him
I long to see that happy time when
we all may be permitted to return
to our homes, you cant imagine how
I would like to come home &
have tried to get a furlough but
there was no earthly chance so I
have come to the conclusion to wait
patiently until next aprile if I
am spared to see it then I can come
home, but I hope this fus may be
settled long before then Kat I
suppose you heard about Tom
supple loosing all the letter that
was sent by him & never have been
heard from snice we scolded him
a great deal about it but I suppose
he did not loose them intentionally

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therefore we will have to forgive him
I received a letter from home
yesterday the first one for more than
two weeks and was very sorry to hear
of F Campbell's death poor fellow
he suffered a greateal[sic] but I hope he
is now at rest I would like to
have come and see him before he
died but that privilage was denied
me I think it very hard that no
one are allowed to go home under
any circumstance except on a sick
furlough I pittied James Trotter
he tried several time to get a fur
lough to go home and see his
Father before he died but there
was no chance, well Kate as it is now
about ten Oclock and the candle is
about out I will have to bring these
few lines to a close give my love to all
the Family & all inquiring friends excuse
all mistakes nothing more at this time
from your true friend James W Vines

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Kate I had
a talk with
your dear
friend John
Lightner to
night I see
him nearly
every day
he looks
very well
dont you
wish you
could see
him
Write to
me again
as soon as
convenient
JWV

Miss Kate Armentrout
Rose Dale

envelope addressde to Miss Amanda C. Armentrout Greenville Augusta C Va

Private in Co. E, 5th Virginia Infantry (Augusta Grays)

MSS 11332

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