[Transcribed on 2/15/2022]
Suffolk Nov the 14th 1862 I now sit down to write to you to let you kno that I am well and hope that these few lines will finde you well I told you in my other letter about the sno storm on 7 or last friday Satureday Night it frose very hard Sunday was clear and coald ever cince it has been warm and pleasant: the Woods here are as green as they are in Allegany in the forepart of September all kindes of shrubrey is as green as a leek the rodes are dry and the weather Calm and pleasant this is a very level country with a loos sandy
soil and you may travail miles to finde a stone and you can not finde one big enough to thro at a Bird but you will finde a Considerable Swamp and the water that runs from the [2]
Swamps looks like tar and the water in all the streams is as black as dy there is springs here is clear and prety good water we get water from springs and wells to drink and Cook with there is a great many kindes of timber here that I never saw before and I do not kno the names of but a very few kindes that grows here the is the gum tree Sedar pitch pine Hickry Persimons tree and one in a while a beach there is considerable Fruit here but the apples are as hard as flints or something near it I
have not seen and apple that was fit to eat since I have been here when we first come here we got Plums and nice tame grapes so no more about that we have not been in battle yet but I do not kno how soon we may e the Ward Beoys are all well [3]
I was glad to hear that Francis is such a good beoy and I want him to keep on being good and I will reward him for it I would like to see all of my little ones and all the rest of my friends but we shall have to wate for the war to close I want to hear from you
as often as I can write often you wanted me to tell you our Generals name Spinola is our Brigadier General name Peck is our devision Generals name our Colonel name is A:Gibs Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Thorp I have not been inside of a dwelling house since I left your Fathers and that is prety near three
months I do not kno how I should ackt among Quality but I guess I should not be verry bashfull. any how a man learns a kinde of I dont Cair for big or little but root their way through [4]
Nov the 15th 1862
I will try to finish my letter that I commenced last Evening
it commences clouding up this morning the wind is in the south and I think we will have a storm soon: Catharine I cannot hink of anything to write to interest you there is not much change in times here not half as much as I wish there was it does not look as if we wer dooing much toards bringing the war to a close if the Offisers had the same pay and rations that the Privates does the war would close speadely write and tell me if Collins is going to send a box to rufe and if you can send with them the mitings and
Tobaco 1 lb of smokeing 1 of Chewing From Daniel Hall to Mrs
Catharine H Hall
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Oh I like to forgot to tell you that I stood on guard night before last and richard was on last night Charles was on with me
