Dear Dick
I will
write to you this
time & see if you
will treat me any
better than Bill R
he didnt take any
notice of my letter to
him. What have you
done with my traps
especially the chessman
I left them in the
Capt's house--If you
have not sent them off
already--please bundle
them them[sic] up with a pair
of Benton's socks that were
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left
want some of you idle
fellows to see that my
gun is kept in shooting
order. What did you
do with my knapsack?
Dont let any one have
my cartridge box or take
the cartridges out. The people
of FR are very much
excited over the expected
coming of the yankees. if
reports are true we have
7000 men at Winchester
at the mercy of 10,000 yankees
at Charlestown & as many
more from other quarters.
I don't feel as all
low spirited--I think the
licking we got in Tenn.
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will be good for us
Tenn. has now one
hundred & ten regiments
in the field--besides the
"melish." They (melish) ain't worth
counting tho'--I'm sorry
you are determined to be
one of 'em--after swearing
so often that you'd volunteer
--hush your slander!
I have no fever
now but recover my
strength slowly--don't
know yet when I'll
come down--don't care
much about comin' till
the fightin is over.
The Dr. has extended
my furlough ad
libitum
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Please let me hear
from you soon
Its awful dull up
here--I have not
called on any of my
lady friends yet.
S'pose you've heard
of Miss Kate's marriage
I sympathize with
you & Ed--spec you
both feel small
Truly yours
Scott
letter to Richard Bayly Buck, 1844-1888, Co. B of the 17th Virginia (Warren Rifles) from an unidentified comrade
MSS 3064
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