Tuesday, December 11, 2012

1862 December 12 Wytheville, Va.

                             12th      1862
      Withville virginia Dember the
Dear sister
                I once more seat myself
to write you a few lines to let you
that we are as well as common hope
ng these few lines will find you
all well. we came from Abingdon
to this plase monday on the cars it is
the furthest we have travailed in one
day since we have been in the serivise
we com about 60 mls it was a much
as the old freight could pull us up
graid but when she started down
she would make up for lost time
Their is a talk that we will move
from hear to rocky gap but it
is uncertain when we will leave
for colonel more is agoing to try
to get to stay hear a while.  I like
to stay hear very well it is a very
pretty plase we are camped one half

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of a mile from town witheville is
a very nice town of right smart
size, I would much rather stay
hear than to go to the rocky gap their
has been so many soldiers camped in
the gap. you have been writeing to me
to get my likeness taken I was up in
town today and had my likeness
taken but he hadent any cases to
out it in I will send it home the
next chance I have  Cummings talked
like haveing hisen taken they charge
very high for taking without the
case.  I got me a corse wool hat it
cost me $4.00 dollars their was some
cloth hats their at six dollars.  The
most of hour runaway boys have
come in their was eight of them
come to us at Abingdon Giles had
them put in the guard  house he
cursed them and toled them they

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some of them had to be shot &
the ballance branded and whiped
he kep them in the guard house
until last night colonel more
went and released them.  He toled the
nex time they run off the law might
take its course with them, I sent
my old panse and [lams?] coat by [levee?]
I reckon you got them I drawed an
over coat but it is as white as any
sheeps back very good coats for
ten dollars & fifty cts. The captains
are makeing off the paroles I reckon
we will draw our money before
long, It has clouded up this eavening
and looks very much like bad
weather we have give up our
old flies & drawed tents we sleep
tolerable well in them we suffer
a little with cold Georg Littom
went to the houespital at the Colledge

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a day or too before we left
Abingdon I dont think he was
very much the matter with
him when we left, I havent heard
from him since he left us
I wrote Rieves a letter a day or
too before we left Abingdon
Tell Charles M browning is well
Tell Granpa that I said for
him to save me some Apples I
think maby I will get to come
home this winter I would like
be their in back bone & spare rib time
Our fair is very scanty now we
get nothing but beef & flower &
heardly enough of that.  Tell Sarah
and virginia that I will write
them an answer before long,
nothing more at present but
remain your brother C. H. Gilmer

Martha J. Gilmer

Write soon

Charles Hays Gilmer,  29th Virginia, Co. G.

MSS 5194


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