Civil War Letters
of
Chauncey Simmons

                    Camp Belger
                     Nov 12 1862
Dear friends  I got your leter
last night with plshure
I am well and hope that this
will find you the same   I
hardly now what to rite but I
will say that I was on gard
last night   it was warm and
plesant but had to lay on
the soft side of a bord out
to the ____ of the _____   it
is fun to see us by our selves
out on the ground   this morning
we had to move out of one tent
into another in a hury for
the other Compinie come in
they are all coming back to
day or tomorrow and then I
spose that we shal moove
to some plase I do not

now whare but it is
thought that we shal go to
Texas over the big waters 
to General Banks   I hope
that is so   I would like
to go for my part   that
box you had beter not send
it for I now not whare
I hal bee   I rite this in
a hury on a bord on my
nees   dont you wory about
mee   you tell mary that
she will have to excuse me
from riting for not
riting for I have not
time to   you spoke of ___
____  he is giting beter
I see Isaac Straton
yesterday   he looked like
home   we exspeket our money
this week   it is as warm
as sumer today   I 
gess that you would have

laft if you had seen
3 of us in the sellar
the other night eating
bred and shuger   we looked
like hoges in the corn
there is not much
news about the war now
but the hole army is marhing
mc is acost the petomac
I wish I was out thare
to vote the democratic
ticit but let er rip now
I think that haris is
homesick   he looks down 
to his feet   rite to
this plase for it will
foles me thare   thare
is ___ at Corning[?]
now   so good by   this
to my friends
   yours truly
 Chauncey Simmons
      Hank Isibel               (Henry Isbell, musician, Co. A)
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