Sunday, June 10, 2012

1862 June 10 Warsaw Ind

          Warsaw Ind  June 10  1862
Dear Cousin & wife
                           With much
pleasure I embrace the
opportunity of answering a
very kind leter which I
recieved from you when
at Winchester Va. but could
not answer at that time on
acount of an order being
issued by the comander in
chief to the affect that no
leters should be sent
across the lines in the rear
of our Division.
We left We left Dam No 4 Md on
the 1st day of March, and crosed
the Potomac into Va.  We had
a great deal of hard marching
and some prety tough times
but I always took it cool

[page 2]
and got along first rate.
I had good health all
the time.
We had some Skirmising
with the rebels, but was
never in any general
engagement.
Ours was the firs Regt in
Winchester, and were ordered
to Manases junction just
the day before the Battle at
Winchester, so you see we just
missed it.
We came to Washington City
on the 5th of May and
were 17 days being disbanded
I had a fine time while
there, Seen enough to pay
me for all the hardships
I had seen while soldering
I had intended to stop
in Ohio and pay you a
visit, but they needed me

[page 3]
very much in the
Store and I had to
hurry home or loose
my place.  We arived hom
on the morning of the
24th and I went rite to work
and have hardly had time
to visit my Friends, in the
Country yet.
We are doing a fine trade
our cash receipts, is $1000,00
a week.  We are in our new
room, and very nice one
it is too.  I think selling
goods suits me much
beter than Soldiering.
but I never shall regret
that I went. and if I thought
it was really necessary for
me to go again, I should
not stay at home one day
-but I think the
Rebellion is fast being crushed.

[page 4]
I was very sory that I
could not stop and pay you
a visit, for I tshould like
very much to see all of you.
And if at anytime buisness
is so that I can leave the store
I will surely give you
a call, Ellen wants to go
to Ohio some time this
summer, and if posable
I will go with Her.
But I cannot see why
you cant come and see us
I know you would have
a pleasant time, and
nothing would give me
more pleasure, than to
spend a few days with you
Cousin Lucy try and
coax Dave to come, I
know you would have a good
                                time

[page 5]
Please give my kind
regard to Cin, I wrote
to Her last Winter but
presume she never got
my leter or she would
certainly have answered it.
She answered my first an
one very promptly.
My love to Aunt & Uncle
& Hank & Bety. tell them
all I wold like to see
them I wrote Henry one
leter and He dident answer
and I think it is not my
duty to write any morre till
He answers.
Please answer soon
Cous Lucy write a good deal
I always love to read your
leters.
no more this time
But Am Truly

Jo Baker

from a miscellaneous collection of Civil War letters


MSS 10694

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