1862 Feburary 7 Centreville, Virginia

Centreville Virginia
7 February 1862
My dear Little Nannie:
Yours of Tuesday came to hand
to day – I am much obliged to you for it & the
Box of nice things that are yet to be rec? –
by Willie Blackford whose return to Camp I
have not yet heard of – Our Wagon went
to the Junction to day & I asked the driver
to carefully look for a box for me in the event
Willie might not be able to bring it up with
him if he should arrive to day – I am glad
that the Col. invested the 4000$ in 8 pr. ct.
Confed. Bonds – I am entirely willing to sink
or swim with the government of the South but
would not so have invested money not earned
by myself – I am therefore much obliged to him.
Tell him so –
Did you receive my letter containing
Clark’s Dft [Draft] for 20$ on your Father?
I am glad to hear of the improvement
in “Sissie’s” health & hope she is well again by this
time – Tell her how d’ye for me –

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About 20 of this Company have re enlisted to
go home on furlough for thirty days & elect
or help to elect officers onthere on their return
or at the expiration of their present time of en-
-listment – Grey is chagrined by his failure
to be appointed Major & says he will not
commit himself to accept a new Captaincy –
I have been asked to raise a Company but
have not decided to so as yet – I would
not be connected in any way with about
25 of those in this Company – If I go in
again they must go out –
There is a strong disposition in this
Army to re-enlist & I think that more than
half will join again –
Judge Taliaferro has just stepped in
& I must stop to do the civil to him –
Give my best love to all at home
Tell the Cap’n to be a good boy –
I labor to deserve to be
Nannie Tings Own
Choctaw

William A. King, Captain of the Saltville Light Artillery

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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