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Romney Hamshire County Va Jan 21st 1862 Dear Brothers & Sisters I received your kind letters the other day and was glad to hear from you all but was sarry to hear of Pa being sick. You said that you had not had a letter from [me] for along time but I expect you have had a letter before now for I wrote one while I was at the cross rodes in morgan county. We are know at Romney one of he last places in Virginia it is nothing but a mudhole the yankees had tore it up side down before we got hear they run away from hear in a hurry and left some things they left about two hundred tents and some stores they burnt up a great many things before they left we have as hard a time hear as we did when we was at greenbrier we have a great deal of picketing to do hear their is a bout one half of our regiment back behinde on the sick list which makes it harder on us that is up. I have been with my Company ever since we let Abingdon and have performed most all of my duties. Cummings Fletcher & James A. Gilmer has got up at last James is so fat that you would not know him he sais that he weighs one hundred & seventy lbs. I would like to give you the history of our last travails but I wrote some about our travials in the letter that I wrote while we was at the cross rodes we marched from the cross rode to this place and we are know stationed hear and I expect we will stay hear the rest of this winter if the yankees dont run us out of hear and you need not be surprised if you hear of us running from this place for it is the worst position we have ever had I had to frank the last letter that I wrote to you all for I had no change nor any stamps and I expect you had better take a five cents in your pocket when you go to lift this letter but I sent to town to day for some stamps but I dont know whether I will get any or not. We have never been in but one schirmish and that was at Capon bridge we only lost but four killed and some wounded. Martha you said that I ought to have made that man take my likeness over the room was full a waiting for him to take their likeness and he would not take the time so I had to come off the best I could. I wasent well when I had my likeness taken but it was the only chance Sarah you said my likeness did not favor me mightly. Sarah I got the socks that you sent to me and was well pleaed wiht them. tell Pa ma maryan & all the rest howdy for me tell Cum Gim Bate & all of them little fellows howdy for me. Tell Charles M. Browning to write that they have been running me about so that I could not write to him tell him that I dident get the letter that him & Wilson wrote to me. As my fingers are getting cold I will bring my letter to close dont allway wate for me to write for some times I havent any paper ink write once a weak your Brother William R Gilmer Charles H Gilmer Martha J Gilmer Sarah W Gilmer | |