1862 January 26 Camp Jackson Ft Gaines

Camp Jackson Ft Gaines Jany 26/62 [RD]
My Dear Wife –
I wrote to you yesterday
by Lieut Roberts but forgot to Day that
I could not find any Knitting needle
here – Has “Louis” commenced painting
the Dining Room – We received a
Dispatch from Capt Hardy
this morning saying that “Eli Shorter”
Telegraphs from Richmond and
we will be stationed here for
six months in the Confederate Unit [?].
Which arrangement I am verry well
pleased with. This is fine weather
for Gardening – so much so that
you can plant Corn in about
fifteen days – Let me hear
from you all about every
thing - Your affectionate Husband
W. H. Locke

William H. Locke, Confederate in John Hardy's "Eufala Minute Men" and Captain George A. Robert's C.o C, Fourth Batallion, Alabama Cavalry; before and after the war a dry goods merchant in Eufala, Alabama.

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 13485