War Letters, Civil War
Haynes, William Casper
Misc. Haynes, Wm.
February the 15th,
1863
Camp In Field, Mo
Dearest One I have the
pleaser to write a few lines to you which I hope will come safe to hand and
find you all well and injoying good health I have wrote a good many letters
to you lateley and have received very few from you that is lately I wrote
two a week for three weeks I have got three for the Last four weeks I think
that all our Leters don't go through the Health of rigement is very good at
present time William is well I weigh one hundred and sixty five pounds I am
hevier than I have been for some time five pound[s] hevier than I ever was
before so you may know [how] fleshey I am We have fine wether here at the
present time it has been very raney a while back ... it has been splendid
for the poor soldier Boys although no toungue can tell suffering that they
have endured the past winter and have had all in their favor Soldiers are
Bound to suffer no mater as to the weather For when they get sick there is
hard times come these Not more than one out of every ten that is sick and
goes to hospital that ever gets out of it alive Our soldiers that was wounded
at prierie grove have all died one man had his finger shot off and it killed
him two more was shot in Leg and they died the measles is very bad in one
company of the rigement at the present time all though I don't mind that as
I have had them once so they skipp me this time Tery Fuller has got to be
fifth sargent Captain Gibbs sick at hospital Lieutenant Thomas Comands the
Company at this time Company D has onley Twenty Nine Men for Duty forty eight
in all to gether we was at Camp Lyon with Eighty six Men that is [?] when
we was Mustered in 86 Men strong at home and were Detached to the Batery at
fourt Leavenworth ... I picked up a Leter that old Miss Dewey wrote to green
the other Day it all most made me sick to read it she must have the figets
or something worse ... I wish I could yet home this spring to stay if I could
onely come home Month I would like it But I can tell nothing about till we
get payed off the Colonel told me then that most of the maried men would get
to Come home to fin their famlies for the sumer but there is no Chance for
young men to come home, but we may not get payed off for a month and he may
be ordered not to let any of us go so it is very uncertain about it but I
will have time to see about it before spring... I can not tell were we will
go to from here we may go to Fort Scott and we may go to Mount Vernon a bout
Forty miles North of here Last plase I think there are no prospects of any
more fighting soon if Ever again here so if we have any fighting to do it
will be Down South... Wish you would write and tell me whether you have heard
of Vick James or Nat I [am] very uneasy a bout them I expect that they was
killed in Battle of Murfesburough I wrote a Leter to them but have recived
No answer from them William is doing Litle better than he was... No more this
time I send my best Love Respects to your Mother and Johney
I tell Johney to write
me a Leter and write to him
W C Haynes
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