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George G. Howe, Middlebury to Lorette E. Wolcott, Shoreham Camp near Patrick Station VA, March 5, 1865 Dear Lorette, I was very much disappointed this morning when the mail came in and
brought no letter for me but suppose it is alright or will be one of these
days. If I have felt about as mean for the last week as possible still
have had to work on muster balls have done nothing outdoors as the doctor
told me to stay in the house am a great deal better now though. The regiments
is here now paying our [?] has been paying the book am in this evening
of course they pay Sundays don't they do everything Sunday in the army?
It is now nearly nine oclock and if I had not told you would not write
to you even if I had to steal time should not had written tonight. Everything
appears to go on in the same style as usual here it rained the greater
part of last week has been very pleasant today my capt. left here last
Thursday on leave of absence for twenty-one days he is going up the Shenandoah
Valley to get the body of his brother (who was killed at the battle of
Cedar Creek Oct. 19) and take it home and then he will go and see his
(the Capts.) girl I suppose he told me he should anyway. Well my dear
who do you scold at now? Not at your little beau I hope honestly now,
do your eyes get sparkly at him? Wish I was up there tonight it is so
confounded lonely here, the other night I was scratching away on some
nails when a band struck up "Oft in the stilly night" and it
made me homesick that I had to quick work until they stopped playing before
then but no matter about that now. Do you hear anything more about Clemence's
beau by the way, when I got back from that I heard that "Lorette
has got a new beau he is a clerk in Atwood's store" you may perhaps
imagine how shocked I was to hear such news. I suppose there is a little
snow up there yes won't it be nice when it thaws you will have to put
on somebody's boats then if you go out if you wear rubbers you must not
lose them off when you cross the road. Walter is well as usual he is on
picket today the gal is alright. How are all the good people of Shoreham?
Any of them married yet & by the way about that bet on Orson [?] are
you mass ready to pay you see I am getting very anxious about it? How
is Hattie and my Barnum [?] ask Ness if she ever misses Henry in her hair
tell her it is splendid and it don't take a great deal one teaspoonful
is enough for a small family for a good while. There is nothing worth
telling and as it is getting late will stop, hold on there they just fired
about a dozen guns on picket. Can hear the Rebs yell yes there are some
deserters coming in. Remember me to all. |