1862 October 21 Hancock, Md.

           Hancock, Md.
        Oct 21st, 1862
Dear Father:
                 We are under
 marching orders this morn-
ing and I have but little
time to write to you.  I am
well and doing finely.  We
 are kept on the constant
move and I do not have
a chance to get your letters
so I do not know whether
you have got the money
(60 dollars) I sent you
or not.  The receipt I got
for it says that the Ex-
press Co. is not respon-
sible for the money unless
a claim is presented to
them in writing for it
at the place where it

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it was to be delivered
within 30 days after the
time it should be deliv
ered.  I expressed it at
Hagerstown, Md. on the
7th of October or Capt S.
Bronson did it for
me rather. It should
be delivered at Lanark, Ills. by the 10th of Oct,
Now you must go to
Lanark to get the money
and if it before the 10th
of Nov. and if it has not
come and you cannot
get it, you must present
your claims to them in
writing for it so that
you will be sure to get
it sometime.  Now dont
do any other way than to pre-
sent your claims to them
in writing for 60 dollars

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which was delivered to
their agency at Hagers-
town, Md. by Capt. S. Bron-
son to be delivred to you at Lanark.
I have no doubts
but that you have recd
the money ere this; but
now you know what
you must do in case
do not get it when
you go after it.
Night before last our
co went out into Virginia
12 miles to the town of Bath
and on the other side some six miles on a
reconnoitering expedition
we traveled all night and
got back here the next
morning at daylight.  We
saw no rebels I do not
know what is going to
be done, but we are to
cross the Potomac here to-day
10 thousand strong.

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I hope that we will
get a chance to do some
thing other than stand
Picket and reconnoiter
before long.  Things
look favorable just now.
and  should an attack be made
I think that success will
be on our side.  God grant
that it may, and that this
War will son close.  You
must not expect to hear
from me regularly for
I do not have many chan-
ces to write.  You must
do the best you can at
home and not entertain
any uneasiness or anxiety
about me for I do not expect
or anticipate anything else
but suc final success
in getting through the War
safely.  Ah, there is no danger
for there is not a traitor
lives to kill or wound
Redman.  I never was born
to die on the battlefield,
no never.  With much love
for the whole family I remain
 Yours Dear Father
                     W. H. Redman
Eli Redman

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P.S. Do you get all my letters
and papers?  How often do you
write to me at home.  I do not
get many letters.  The 25th of Sept. is
 the latest date from home.  It was from
Jane and Em. Write soon
and Very soon

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Write particulars about you affairs at home about
every thing


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P.S. Be sure to make all prep
erations for a cold winter
for it is best when [?] a thing W.H. R.