Camp of 12th. Vt. Vol. M.Bristol Station, Va.May 22d. 1863.Dear Laura:

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Your letter of May 10th. 12th. and the one written at the same time with Mary's are all received. I am glad to hear from home so often. Of course I am glad that Mary has got home safe & well. I hope you will both keep well & take good care of yourselves. When we get to Brattleboro I want to see you both there, & want you to make arrangements accordingly. I will write more particularly before the time comes. I want you to see a Regt. & that will be about the only chance you will have.

It is very warm this morning & we shall have another hot day. It is not yet nine o'clk, but the cars have whistled & will soon be here so that I may not be able to finish this to go out today. I wrote a letter to Mary last night that will

go out in today's mail. Dont either of you stop writing because we move, for we keep up communication with Washington wherever we may be.

We have no great alarms here, still we are disturbed more or less almost every night. Last night there were six or eight shots fired in the distance, probably by the cavalry pickets. Our picket fired at one horseman who came galloping towards the R. R. Bridge & did not stop at the order to halt. I was up about half an hour & then went to bed & slept comfortably.

The great subject of discussion at present is the time of our discharge. Many of the boys were certain that we were going home the 23d. of the month, that is tomorrow. They have given up that idea now & are going some time in June. We shall not be mustered out before the 4th. day of July I think.

The cars have passed here on their way to Bealtown & if I get this finished before they return it will go in the mail today.

I told Mr. Batchelder to pay you some

money thinking that you might need it. If you do not you can let him keep it.

Jenny is dead. She died the first Sunday in this month. Dr. Brown wrote me about it. I think there can be no blame about it.

It is getting very hot today. We have cold nights & warm days which is quite likely to make it unhealthy by & by. "Burnie" is improving, tho' he still has some cough & is poor. He feels well, better than he did when Mary used to ride him. He looks well too. Tell Mary that "White Face" is a good horse. He is poor & homely, but faithful & a hard worker. He is the easiest riding horse that I ever had or ever rode.

I rec'd Mary's letter written Sunday by the mail today - & will answer it this evening. Has she rec'd all the letters I directed to her in Charlestown?

Tell Mary that if Mr. Chamberlin is willing to leave the house about the time I

get home I think he had better do so. I dont want to live in the house with anybody.

Write me often & I will reply as often as I can.

I will close now so as to be sure of today's mail.

Remember me to all who enquire.

Yours truly & affectionatelyRos

P. S. Tell Mary to write me about her father's affairs.