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Camp near Hanover Junction May the 23th 1863 Dear Sister I received your kind letter yestarday after a long look for it I was very glad to hear you was all well and getting along as well as you are. Cummings and myself are well hopeing when these few lines comes to hand they will find you all in good health. I havent any news of importance to write Their are still some of our Regiment running off, their was 8 left one of the Tazwell companies last knight Their are a good many of our men seems to be down hearted & discouraged for they cannot see any better prospect for peas now than they did too years ago. Their has been a good many left our Regiment since come from Suffolk but I hope that their wont many more leave us, men sees tolerable rough times in the army but the couldent expect any better hear. I hope that it wont be a great while till we will all get to go home togather The weather down hear is very warm the wheat is very near all headed out wheat generally looks well down hear we are about 24 miles above Richmond we are camped in a very pleasant plase, and have the best water to use I have drank since we came down hear. We marched from the camp below Richmond to this plase in too days. I got to come through that great plase called Richmond at last it is as tolerable large plase, and a very nice plase to the size of it. As soon as we passed Richmond I could see a differance in the land I could see some white oak timber and grass the ground is higher and hillier hear than it is below Richmond This is the best camp we have been in since we crossed the blue ridge. We have to drill every day, the sun is so hot and the boys are so lazy it is heard getting on the field but if we wasent to drill when are stationed it would hurt us worse when we march. it very good exercise for us to drill Tell James & Caty that I would like to be at home to help them work the corn but I expect if I was their I would spoil them both and that would be worse than all, so James you & Caty must raise a good crop this year and perhaps some of rest of us will be next year & you can go to school Martha if you dont want me run off you musent write about getting so much milk & butter I reckon Rieves got as much milk and butter as he could eat me & Rieves are a good pease apart yet I would like to see Rieves the best kind I reckon he got fat before he left home Tell Charles M. Browning I want to see him S. Hargis comeing in with that big lot of diserters I heard that the most of them has taken sick. I heard that the diserters was cutting high swells in Russell. When they hear that big big detail from the 29th is in their they will settle for a while Sarah I saw you started to write some in marthas letter I reckon you wanted to write but dident have energy enough to finish it if you go to school I reckon I will get one every week nothing more at present but write soon your Brother Charles H. Gilmer | |