1862 October 9 Camp near Hunters Chapel, Va.

[letter of Joseph Tatnall Lea to Annie Anderson Cabeen, begun on the 7th of October, concludes]

P.S. I have retained this a day so as
to send you a photograph, and hope
that by so doing I have not broken
the charm and led to another crossing
of letters.  I dont know what you will
think of it.  It is ha[sic]s the same fault
as the one taken at home which they
discarded being too dark, the result
of wearing my cap.  We are under
marching orders with two days cooked

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rations on hand and orders to have
every thing in order to take the field
at a few hours notice.  Whether we
will get this notice very soon or not
the powers that be, alone can say
Our destination is believed to be in
the direction of Centreville, but of
course we know nothing about it.
The delay is caused by want of trans-
portation.  When we get away, I
am afraid letters will not go or
come quite as regularly, tho' just
as certainly I hope my correspondents
will not write any the less frequently
because my replies may not come
so promptly.  You may depend that
I will send them, whether they reach
you or not.  My regards to your
Mother & Father.  I suppose they know
when you get letters from
                                 Truly Yrs
                                     J. T. Lea
My address will still
be the same until further notice.  Letters
may be marked "Please forward"

Joseph Tatnall Lea, Co. F., 114 Pennsylvania

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