Letter fragment to Martha E. McCoy

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Written from Orange County, Virginia. Letter regards family matters and goods sent to Andrew J. McCoy from family members. Letter consists of two pages with the remainder missing.

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English

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January 16th, 1864
Camp Near Pisgah Church, Orange Co., VA.

My dear sister
Miss M. E. McCoy
It is again that I take my pen in hand this evening in haste to write you a few lines in order to inform you that I am yet alive & well at this present time. I truly hope that these few lines may find you & Caroline's family & also all of my friends & relations in the enjoyment of the same great & highly favored blessing.

Indeed Martha I have not any news to communicate to you at this time that would be interesting to you. I just write this to let you know how I am getting along & as I have a good chance of sending it to you as W.H. Wilson is going to start home in the morning on furlough & he can tell you all more satisfactorily how we are situated & can give you the news generally with more satisfaction than I can write to you. John T. Armstrong & Chismas Malcomb landed in camp and last night they left Able & Christian Simmons at Orange. Jared M. Wilson & Josiah Wilson has gone up to the Depot to meet them with two wagons to haul our boxes. Since I have been writing they have come in about dark with their load & all was right so far as we have yet seen.

I got my barrel. There was seven cheeses in it that Mother wanted me to sell for her. I will try to sell them to the best advantage & send the money home to her by some of those men. I also got four letters, one from you, one from mother, & two from Sarah. You stated in your letter that you had sent me a pound cake in Jared's barrel. I have not seen him tonight yet to say anything to him about it. He stays over at Capt. Merritt's quarters with Jared Armstrong. I will see him soon but if I get it I will be truly thankful to you for it & when I eat it I will think of my dear sister Mat who sent it to me.

You said in your letter that you had written several letters to me lately & that you hadn't got any answers from me. If you wrote I assure you that I never got them. I have not got but one letter from you for more than a month until tonight & that you was afraid that I would forget you but I can tell you that is not the case. Oh it would do me so much good to see you all once more & have a general talk with you all again. I would do my very heart good...

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Confederate States of America. Army—Virginia Infantry Regiment, 25th
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives—Confederate
Virginia—History—Civil War, 1861-1865
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865

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