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Camp bartow Pocahuntas co va Oct 20th 1861 Dear Sister I received your kind letter the other day and was glad to hear from you all. We have got back to greenbrier river once more and expect to stay hear untill cold weather we are now at the same place we was when hayes was out hear. I expect we are done running about this fall we are expecting a fight evry day or two the yankees are fireing on our pickets evry day or two but they do no damage much. We are fortifiing this place about right. I dont think the yankees can take this place for they have tride it once while we had no fortifications and now we are fortifide and have two more cannon and one of them is a twelve pownder we have twelve pieces of cannon hear Martha you wanted to know whether I got all of your letters or not I get a letter once a week and I have wrote some of you a letter about once a week but you have not got them I wrote a letter to Pa the other day James A Gilmer is gon to Staunton Our Sick is all gon to Staunton I heard that Col Hendricks was dead but I dont know whether it is so or not. We get plenty to eat know beef is just know getting good. We get beef know all the time we dont get any bacon hear only for the pickets. Our regiment is mostell up with the exception of some few that is gon to Staunton tell Charles M Browning to write to me. I got a letter from Wilson & Nancy Browning the other day and have not had time to answer it tell Nancy & Wilson to write to me and I will write to them as often as I can Tell uncle Barnet & Aunt Catharine howdy for me and tell them to write to me give my respects to all enquiring friends so no more at present but remain your affectionate brother Martha J Gilmer William R. Gilmer | |