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Washington March 15th 1862
Dear Mother
I have at last found time to write to you again we have had pleasant
weather for the last two weeks have wished for rainy days as much as we did
for pleasant ones four weeks ago. It has been raining all day to day and it
seems real good to rest ones weary bones. There has been a great deal of
confusion all around us by troops moveing for the last ten days, but
everything is just as quiet as usual in our camp and is likely to be some
time yet. There is a report however that we are to get our rifles next week
and start off which I hope will be the case for I have got tired of staying
here. Our company has formed a base ball club and when we do not drill we
are playing ball which gives us good apetites for our pork and beef we have
not had any fresh beef lateley and salt meat is getting to be same as hash
used to be with me. I think if I had a chance at a good big dish of hash
now I could spoil the looks of it pretty quick. If you paid an equal share
on the box that my butter came in it was not right. The whole thing weighed
160 lbs. Mr Harrington wrote to Henry that we were to share equally in the
contents, but Henry and myself did not get a thing so if you have not paid
it you had not better pay for more than 9 or 10 lbs. I received a letter
from Miss Hancox and a very good one too better than I should expect from
her she got along with a verry little scandal. I will send it if you will
burn it up as soon as you have read it do not let any boddy see it. I think
I shall answer it some day when I get time. I saw a description of myself
in the Pioneer by Lunt Conkey. I think he is verry complimentary in the
terms that he uses in describing me. The army will not be paid untill April
and like enough not till May so you see I can not send any more soap home
untill I get it I can not get any photograph taken without having half a
dozen at a time and I do not feel able just now I do not know what to write
to fill up this sheet and guess I shall have to stop
Your Aff Son
CJH
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