Justus F. Gale to Sister
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I wil try in return to your kind and welcom letter to write a word to you. I am glad
to hear from you & that you are getting better than when I last saw you. I
received a letter from Lyman last Monday week they wer all wel. &
receieved one from Emma on Monday & yours last eve. It does me a goodeal of good
to hear from friends although far from home how thankful we ought to be for this kind
of language & for all of the blessings we enjoy in this life. I have not much to
write of interest Direct your letter as before, do not hurry
about going home if your Doctor is helping you.
concerning our affairs in camp. our fair is some hard & some not so
hard. our drill is not hard but our food is not as good as they have in Verginia so I
have been told by some that have been out three months. I can give you but little
infermation how long we shal stop here, but heard that the Cornol told one of the
Capt. that we should stop here for 4 weeks yet. there is a rumor in camp that we are
going to get our pay one week from next frday but have heard that to much to have
much confi- dence in it. I am wel except a little cold which I think wil soon wear
off. I have found several in the Regiment who live in Barre & Williamstown and
heard from our relative. I saw one the boys are in a hurry to
get of where they can have something to do to pay uncle Sam for his trouble
last eve that worked for Holly Gale said they wer all wel & doing
wel. I am quite thankful for the compliment you gave me but think perhaps if they
could see the immage himself they would think different. I am thinking of writing to
Barre to day. I dont know that I am in nead of any thing that you can send me
although I should bee verry glad to see some provision as you mentioned about our
people sending me, but I presume that I should be just as wel without them. I can
live & do wel on coarse food if it is only holsom & clean. give my love to
all that enqu- ire after that behoy we have frequent visetors at dres perade. sometimes fifteen or
twenty ladies are up to see us in a line of battle.
J. F Gale