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| − | + | Camp Chaffin’s Bluff | |
| + | Jan[uar]y 21st, [18]63 | ||
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| + | My dear Wife: - I reached camp | ||
| + | last night – all safe & sound. | ||
| + | Failed to get to the cars Saturday | ||
| + | morning – Managed to get to | ||
| + | Aunt [Fannie’s?] Saturday night, | ||
| + | to Bro[ther] Will’s Sunday night, | ||
| + | to [Mr?] Redd’s Monday night | ||
| + | & here in full time last | ||
| + | night. I hope darling, you | ||
| + | are still improving rapidly, and | ||
| + | feel cheerful, & thankful. I am | ||
| + | perfectly well, & only feel | ||
| + | concerned for you. The Seargent [Sergeant] is | ||
| + | about leaving with the mail & I | ||
| + | much close – write merely to let | ||
| + | you hear from me – Will write a | ||
| + | letter to-morrow or next day. God | ||
| + | bless my precious wife & children. | ||
| + | Y[ou]’r devoted husband – N[athaniel] V. W[atkins. | ||
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| + | [Marginalia] | ||
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| + | The boys all very well – will get our | ||
| + | boxes to-day, or to-morrow – they are now | ||
| + | in R[ich]mond. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:23, 15 August 2017
Camp Chaffin’s Bluff Jan[uar]y 21st, [18]63
My dear Wife: - I reached camp last night – all safe & sound. Failed to get to the cars Saturday morning – Managed to get to Aunt [Fannie’s?] Saturday night, to Bro[ther] Will’s Sunday night, to [Mr?] Redd’s Monday night & here in full time last night. I hope darling, you are still improving rapidly, and feel cheerful, & thankful. I am perfectly well, & only feel concerned for you. The Seargent [Sergeant] is about leaving with the mail & I much close – write merely to let you hear from me – Will write a letter to-morrow or next day. God bless my precious wife & children. Y[ou]’r devoted husband – N[athaniel] V. W[atkins.
[Marginalia]
The boys all very well – will get our boxes to-day, or to-morrow – they are now in R[ich]mond.
