1862 September 28 Fort Tillinghast,

                              Fort Tillinghast Va Sep 28/62

My Dear Wife,
                      I hardly know what to attempt to
write.  Nothing new of importance transpires here
from day to day.  I was rather disappointed in not
receiving a letter from you last night. I dont find
any fault, because I know that you have other
duties of greater importance to attend to, We are
having some very delightful weather here now, We have
cool mornings and evenings.  Two companies have
started, (of the 14th) for Harper's Ferry (H. & I) to do
garrison duty there, they were very much pleased
with the prospect of being sent there, I wish that
Co M. had had the chance, I should like to
go there to see the place, if nothing more, It is
said to be a very pleasant, beatifull[sic]  place, I suppose
now that we shall stay here for the present, Col
Wrights (formerly Major) headquarters are here and
he is having the camp and buildings, tents &c
put in as good order as possible, There is but one
other company stationed here with us, Co E
Capt Sargent.  There has been a story in circulation

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here for the last week, that we were going to garri-
son some other fort, but nobody knows where.  It
is probably nothing more nor less than a camp story.
I haven't heard anything from any of the Officers
about it.  Perkins's box arrived on Thursday last, in it
for me, I found some flannels, tobacco, tea, and some
composition, all very usefull articles with the
exception of the tobacco, Thank you and Mary Ann
for all.

Letter of Robert, an unidentified soldier from Lynn, Massachusetts, in company M. of the 14th Massachusetts Infantry (1st Heavy Artillery) will continue on October 1.

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