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Mercer Co Camp near the cross rodes June the 9th 1862 Dear Pa I take the present oportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that Cummings & myself are well hopeing these few lines will find you all in good health. I havent had a letter home in a good while. I want you to write and write the last news you got from Rives their was a dispatch come to martial that Jackson had another fite whiped them and took 800 prisners at strawsburg. Jackson has been giveing them what want I think if he keeps on he will make them willing to let him alone. I think a great deal about Rieves he is a long ways from home he has went throug a great many heard ships any person that never has tryed soldiering cannot form much idea of what a soldier has to stand while a person keeps his health will do very well, we havent very much to eat we have meat Bread & sometimes peas or rice they say that we will not get any more shugar. I think if we keep on in sucksess we can make out until we drive the enemy from our soil and make them willing to let us alone. their is some talk that the yankees are comeing through the Pound gap if that is so we will come back to Russell I hear a good many of the boys wishing that the yankees in throught the pound gap they all are willing and ready to start to russell at any time we had orders the night before las to be ready to march by daylight in the direction of Jeffersonville they was all well pleased we cooked our rashion for the next day the order was counter manded we did not get to go Thompsons Battalion went in our stead our officers was very mad at martial for changeing the order their isent very much sickness in our company now the weather has been toleable cool hear for too or three days their was a little hail fell hear this morning every thing thing hear is late than it is in Russ I was on the top of a high mountain yestarday I could see lon ways aroun it was a very beautiful pleasant plase I would like to be on some plase wher I could see our flat woods I would like to see our wheet and corn I recon James and Axley thinks they have a heard time of it. Charles M Browning is well his mouth is very sore I would like help save our grain but their is not much chanse to get off tell them all howdy for me write soon excuse bad writin and spelling no more at present but remain your Affectionate son Charles H Gilmer Cummings Gilmer Esqr Mary A Gilmer | |