1862 March 26 Grafton Church

Grafton church, Wednesday
March 26th 1862

My darling wife
we were stopped here yesterday
evening on our way from Harwood's Mill to
Yorktown--we expected to go back to Harwood's
Mill last night, but the order has'nt yet come
I haven'nt received a letter from you for most
a week; I suppose there are several in Wmsburg
for me but no one has been there for some
time--I feel still very anxious about Mother.
The same day Green Peyton refused to recom-
-mend my furlough he recommended one
for two men, the wife of one had a sore
breast and the wife of the other had been
very ill, but was mending--so you see
how things are managed--
I am very well though we have had quite
a disagreeable time for a week past
I think a great deal of you and
love you dearly--Give my love to Ma
Pa and the rest of them--Direct to
Yorktown--Your devoted husband

[unsigned letter of Howe Peyton Cochran, Sgt., 1st Va Artillery]

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