Suffolk,Va.

April 7the 63

Sister Mary

Your letter of March 30 came yesterday afternoon I was glad to here that you was all well. I am doing duty again now have been with the 60 about a week tomorrow we gp out on the outpost on picket duty to day I am on guard in camp to day and have just come in after my dinner it is not quite ready so I will answer your letter while I have an opertunity. the boxcame the 26 of march evry thing came through very noceand I have enjoyed it very mutch it was not the nick nacks that I sent for in particular so it does not hurt my fealings very nutch becaus you could not get them all in sutch boots as Thomas sent me cannot be gotten in this part of the country for lefs than 10 dollars butter is from 40 too 50 cts chees 25 other things in proportion. I sent you a letter when the Box came and sent Thomas a receipt in part payment of Note I never gave a receipt in that way before but I presume it is just as good if it is not send me the amount of one of the notes in your next and I will send him annother receipt,for I have forgotten how mutch eny of the notes ar that I teh(?) reason why I sent him sutch a receipt as I did We will have things write if I am a Solders away from home if we can. I did not have to pay eny more exprefs on the Box. I was glad to here from Father once more for that i thought that i had no Father alwing now, I am sorry to here that he wants the Rebs to have their independance but perhaps he is situated so that he is obliged to write in that way. at least I must think so for I never want to meet him thinking that he is a SeCesh (?) at hart. our Division is now detached from the 9 Corps and we have drawn A.Tents the Boys are puting them to day; so I think We shall stop here a while I would like to write some more but they want me to the guardhous write a way my dinner is yet tobe eat so I must stop good buy

U.T.Wooster
Direct to the first Brigade 3 Division
Suffolk,Va.

A frenchman in Co D of our Regt shot himself this morning. he was found ded in his Tent the ball went under his Chin and came out on the top of his head





Submitted by Paul Thurst

© Paul Thurst 1998