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Winchester Fredrick Co Va december 9th/61 Dear Pa ma & sister I received your kind letters yesterday eavening a few minutes after we landed hear and was glad to hear from you all. I am still in good health and hope these few lines will finde you all in good health We left greenbrier on the 22 of las month and marched nearly all the way to this place we rode from mount Jackson to Strawesburg on the cars about thirty or forty miles and marched all the rest of the way. We come through the prettiest Country that I evry saw we come through the valley of Virginia I saw Col Fields & Henry Plaster at mount Jackson The weather hear is very warm and has been evry since we got out of the mountains. we are stationed hear but I dont know how long we will stay hear. I have seen more towns since we come in this valley than I ever saw before. Pa I was glad to hear that you was in good health. We are forty miles from the yankees the army keeps out pickets twenty miles from this place but they are horse men. Winchester is a nice town it is a tolablerly large town the sitizens rang the church bells as we come through. There was fore of our company runaway while we was on the march and five McElhenny and one of the tigers there has been thirteen runaways out of our company. Pa I havent [...] news to write to you more than we are all or mostly well their is verry little sickness in our Company. I have had an[...] have know as good health [...]I ever had in my life. Pa as I have no news to write you must excuse me for not writing you a longer letter & excuse my bad writing and spelling. So no more at present but remain your affectionate son. C. Gilmer W. R. Gilmer M Gilmer | |