1862 June 4 Richmond, Va.

Fulton Hill; Richmond, June 4th 1862

                              My Dear Sister
                                        I received your verry kind
letter last tuesday which was the day before yesterday
and was verry glad to hear from you all & to hear
you was all well & hope this still find you all
enjoying the same God's Blessing  I have been sick
for going on 5 weeks but I am glad to tell you I
am geting a great deal better now & will son be
well now with the help of God Though I have
suffered verry much  The company has all left
here but the sick and the guard which guard
the tents  The surgeon of the Regt went with
them & another Dr Palmer attend's to our sick now
and he came to see me onest & I went up to his
tent onest to see him & he told me I must send to
Richmond & get some tailed bred and buy some
sweet milk & boil it and eat that & buy me
a chicken & make chicken soop and bye some
spirits and drink Milk Toddy & I did not have
a sent in my pocket & could not barrow I was
taken like I was when I lived at Parson Parishes
and did not scarcely any thing for nearly 2 week's
& discharged a great deel of blood & what was worst
of all the captain told some of the company I
was not sick & I only wanted a discharge so I have

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never been through an examination yet & he is so
opposed to it & recon I had best go as long as I can
and go through no examination; I am glad to
hear from my little Colt but had rather it was a
mare Tell Mother & Father to let him go by the
name of logan for I had heard from him be-
fore and had chosen the name of Logan for
him Well Clara you spolk of lending me 2 or 3
dollars and if you can do so I would be verry
glad I think it will come straight for I have
never missed a letter thet was directed to me since
I have been here I have had no money to have
my clothes washed & have had nothing washed until
yesterday a negro boy renched out my shirt & drawers
& I had no noney to pay him with.  I am owing
a fellow now in camp 1 dollar and promised
to pay him when I got camp &  and could not
do it and I fear he thinks hard of me But be
shure to send me Either Richmond money or
Confederate and as much as you can spare if it
is $5 I signed the pay roll for $80 if I ever get
it and I will pay you all I owe you, I suppose
you have hurd of the Battle down on Chicka-
harmoney Creek. There was some hard fighting
done there and we lost a great many men and
I suppos we killed a heep for we took 8 hundred
prisners and all their stores & 7 or 8 cannon
we have a great many wounded on our side
we are exspecting 2 or 3 battles around this place

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many thanks
for the stamps
you sent
me    G.

letter from unidentified Confederate soldier

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