Describes regimental affairs. Writes of a widow he intends to marry. Transcription: Head Qrs, Co, G, 4th Ills, Cav, Natchez Miss, Aug. 8th 1864 Dear Sister your kind and welcom letter of July 21st has Just arived and was gladly Received and carefuly persued, the contence was not of the pleasantest character to me for I very much hate to hear of one Being Sick So much as your Babe has been, but perhaps it will get better health when it gets older I was hapy to hear that Margaret still kept well and you Better beleave that it was Just to my liking that your School was going to continue 2 months
Describes regimental affairs. Writes of a widow he intends to marry. Transcription: Head Qrs, Co, G, 4th Ills, Cav, Natchez Miss, Aug. 8th 1864 Dear Sister your kind and welcom letter of July 21st has Just arived and was gladly Received and carefuly persued, the contence was not of the pleasantest character to me for I very much hate to hear of one Being Sick So much as your Babe has been, but perhaps it will get better health when it gets older I was hapy to hear that Margaret still kept well and you Better beleave that it was Just to my liking that your School was going to continue 2 months longer for I want to hear Margaret Spell when I get home and if She tries to learn She Shurly can Spell Some by the time She gorws 2 months more, I have Just Returned from a Scout in Louisiana we was out too days and 2 nights we Rode all the time except a Bout too hours we had too Right Smart little fights the first fiting commenced a Bout 22 miles from vidalia a long Boggy Bayou the force that we first faught is none to us as greens pickets we followed them Down the Bayou as farr as horse shoe lake at a place None as Cross Groves there they scatterd and we took up the lake Some 3 miles to Galaspas[Gillespie ?s] plantation there we met a force of our one men that we had came to Strate way out to Reinforce us if it Should Be neaded after the too forces came to gether we Stoped and fead and got Some Refreshments for our Selves for we had Rode from too Oclock the evening Before all night and till eleven that Day without stoping So you can guess whether we could Relish a little Refreshment or not we had all onsadled our horses fed then and got a fiew bites for our selves and the most of the Boys had fallen a Sleep when one of the pickets came taring in with the Report that the Rebels was in less than a mile of us mooving Right on us But the Boys all took it cool and Replaced there Sadles mounted and out in the shortest notice But we had no time to form a line of Battle So we was o
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