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Regiment: 1st U.S. Volunteers Sharpshooters
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Moretown July 28th 1862
Dear Gardner and Mary
Yours of the 21 was gladly
rec’d I had got very impatient and
nervous now I must scold you for you
are very naughty and if you live
to have children grow up and leave
father and mother almost alone you
may possibly realize some of your
mothers feelings but I hope you
will not have the trials which has
fallen to my lot no one but those
who have had similar trials knows the
sleepless hours of anxiety and almost
a going which I have endured since our first
born son broke from ever once happy
circle could & know whether he was
living or not it would be
[ ? ]
consolation it is hard to live in
suspe.. if we could always trust
in God he would help us to bed
our trials without
[ ? ]
27 I have been washing yesterday was
a very hot day we got a heavy
shower last night so I had plenty
of water our water has
[ ? ] up you
can tell what a bother it is now
at this time, well the folks are praying
some
[ ? ]not got near done was
grass is very brown, but keeps me on my
feet the most part of the day to do my
work and take care of the turkeys and
chickens I have almost 60 of both
we milk five cows now except two
heifers before long sold one cow a few
weeks ago for ninety five dollars dont
you think that was a pretty good price
but they say the man that bought wouldnt
take a hundred it has been
[ ? ]
sickly in this vicinety there have
been a number deaths perhaps
you have heard of Mr Martin
mason death, well I recolect that I
wrote about it Howard Howes and
Dutton Silsley have been so it ever
[ ? ]
Marson died
till a week ago last friday
Howard died he has been a very
sick man he was a kind husband
a good neighbor few in their place
would be
[ ? ] more than
[ ? ]
and I dont know of anyone Brigham
Doclere
[ ? ]told him to the last he
was getting better Silsley employd
Brigham till he thought he should
die then in front for
[ ? ] he
got better went to work some and
is very sick now father went down
there this afternoon said he was more
comfortable. Leonard wants to know
how business is out there says he is
going to
[ ? ] out somewhere he says
tell you he has been to work at the
rate of fifty dollars per month
keeping says he can get two dollars
and quarter a day now I guess he will
work at
[ ? ] some. Allen is at Pinckey
[ ? ] ther all
[ ? ] to
school expect she will be at home
in two weeks we did not hear of Mr
Fisk death only as Mr
[ ? ]
a paper what was the matter with
[ ? ]
many
[ ? ]you spend time to write
a little about
[ ? ] does she
[ ? ]
or go alone Gardner dont write half
a letter I should think you both
might fill a whole sheet I want you
should write abou the folks out there
did Aunt
[ ? ] get a letter from me
some time ago if she did I should think
she might write
[ ? ] thinks you
you did not care much about his picture
[ ? ] you wish I would stop writing
[ ? ]
will please write a good long letter and
be
[ ? ] good boys love to all kiss
[ ? ] for me and send a lock of her
hair when are you coming to VT
Your Mother
