Wednesday, February 8, 2012

1862 February 8 Alexandria , Va.

Camp Franklin Near St Johns Seminary Alaxandria Va Feby 8 1862
Dear Father--As Harrison Brown is here & as he said that he was going Home tomorrow & would take any thing Home that 8i wanted him to take I concluded to send Home all of the old letters that I had on hand home by him Which is thirty five he brought those stockings & that
work Bag Both of which I wanted very much, I set out to send for A work bag as much as a week ago. I am well as I ever was & as you have asked me a great many times about my appetite I will begin by saying that it is good I can eat A lofe of bread Big as those that Mary Wallace makes at one meal which I never could at Home & then
have butter on it General Slocums Horse has got well from his wound which he got by having A bayonet stuck in him I have just been reading of the capture of Fort Henry by our Gunboats & that have possession of the railroad to Warren,Martinsburgh Sunday I will try to answer Williams letter & Frank Crawfords both of them I received yesterday & the true Flag which I would like to have William send me the weekly papers after he read them tell him that is so about the regiment falling into line & come to an order arms in halfe a minute I can say that there is not anothe[r] regiment that can beat it & I do not say it just because I belong to the regiment that it is just as I write it tomorrow we have baked beans I have just received your letter of Feby 3d From your son Joseph Leavitt

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