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Dear Mort Brunswick Count Va March 30th 1862

I have again seated myself to wriet you

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a few to answer your letter of the 26 Inst which I received yesterday and was very glad to here from you and to here that your helth was improving and I hope when this letter reaches you that it may still find you on the mend this leaves us all well at presant you stated in your letter that you had not recieved a letter from home since you left winchester we have started

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as many as 3 letters to you since that one by Chal King & two by Reuben G Lynch – I wrote you in my letter by Reuben not to reinlist untill your helth got better as it was time enough one month before the experation of your terms of servis expires I wrote you in my last letter to try an get a sick furlough and come home a while Capt Robinson & Tillman both said they would assist you in getting of a furlough when they got back to the company I think you had better try and come home if you can Most every [Bodyrelation – crossed out] body have gon from Brunswick to the war Except some 15 or 20 Mililia which have orders to start to the seat of war on Tuesday next I wrote you in my last letter that Jas H M [Nebtell?] has raised a volunteer

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company officer as follow st, Lew – Welber F Kidd Second Willis G Coleman third Robert J Braswell Larken have volunteer in that company they are station on Craney Island near Norfolk I am told that Larken & some of the other members of the company are not satisfied with being on an Island and talks of being trasfered to Robinson Company – I see from accouts of the news papers yesterday that Jackson had been in a hard battle & that the Richmond Company F had been badly cut to pieces and I fear that Robinson men sheared the same fate –

It I was in you place I would not go back to the Regiment until I gain my stranch sufficient to stand the hardship of a soldier

When you write to us again give us some account of Alfred Rawlings wheather he is at Staunton or where I understand that the Rail Road are carrying agreat [men – written over ] many soldiers on south and it is throught by som that the whole state of Virginia will be Evacuated by our army if so every virginian aught to come home and die in his own house I will send this letter to Belfield or Petersburg by some of Nebtells men tomorrow & have it mail there Harvie Williams is going to Nebtell & other from this neighbourhood – the Family sends there love to you the neighbour are all well so fair as I know nothing more at presant only Remaining your Father

Mr Wm M Rawlings J W Rawlings & M A G R