Lyman S. Williams to Lois L. Williams
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It is now 9 O’clock P.M. but I will try and write you a few lines to night to pay
for your’s Nos. 22 & 23 which I received yesterday and I need not tell you
that I was glad to get them and in particular the last one for I must say that
you wrote me a good and a long letter for which I thank you I am always glad to
get a Letter from home and to hear from my dear sister and
and other
dear friends at home and you do not know how disappointed I am if I do not get a
letter just so often from you. You need never fear but what your letters will
always find a warm welcome with me. I presume that you have worried your dear
self almost to death for fear that I am sick so I will now releave you on that
score. I am well and enjoying myself well at present. When I wrote you before I
had been sick for three or four days and excused from duty. at that time we
expected to start the next morning early but it rained all day so we did not
start untill the morning of the 26th Thanksgiving day. we we toock an
early breackfast and started on our march and crossed the Rapidan about
midnight and camped. The march was a hard one for me as I had not eaten anything
for three days previous and we had no chance to get anything to eat that day
untill late in the evening. The next morning I felt better and by night I was
feeling well as ever Friday we supported the 3rd Corps and Saturday we moved to
the left and occupied a position on the right of the 2nd Corps Sunday we rested
all day and at 1 O’clock in the morn of Monday we moved to the right intending
to attact the enemy at day- light but owing to the strength of their position it
was not done but we had to lay there
on the ground untill dark
Monday night without any fire and it was most bitter cold so that we nearly
froze we then moved back to our old position and remained untill Tuesday night
when we fell back across the Rapidan marching all night and the most of the boys
had only enough to eat for breackfast and some had nothing so we divided We did
not get back here untill Thursday night when we drew Rations so you see we only
had two meals in two days but the boys did not grumble Taking the cold and all
this last march has been the hardest march we have ever had still we had no
fighting except a little bit of scumishing to keep our spirits up &c.
You said you thought I might tell you whether Miss M. M. G. was ever
going to become Mrs. M.M.W. well I am sure I cannot tell whether it will become
Mrs M.M.W. or M.M.T. or some other Letter for I am not posted in such matters
and she has never told me whether she intends to change her name after the war
or before it ends either you would be more apt to know such things than I who am
so far away Frank received one Letter from Rev. D. Lewis a No. of days ago and I
answered it but whether Frank will be able to get a furlough or not I do not
know. He wants to and it has been sent in to head qrs. But I must close this for
this time. from your aff. brother
Lyman S. W-