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Sharpsburg Oct 15th 1862
Dear Mother
I am once more back with the regiment and I find I fell more at home than I
did away from it, but I have had a good rest if I was a little home sick I
feel first rate now and think I am good for another year. I started from
Washington last Friday came up as far as Harpers Ferry in the cars saw John
Browns headquarters, but did not see any thing of John. "Guess he want at
home." Harpers Ferry is the queerest looking place I ever saw. Everything
looks so wild and ragged that it almost frightens a person to look up the
mountains. The army is lying here quietly about half a mile back from the
river. The enemy does not come in sight on the opposite banks, but I see by
the papers that they have not gone to sleep. They have made a visit to
Pennsylvania and back without being disturbed. I hope our folks will wake
up by and by. We have not had any mail here for more than a week. The last
letter I got was dated Sept 28th. You said in that that you were not very
well. I hope you have come out all right by this time. There was a lot of
Express matter came the other day and among the rest was my bundle of
shirts. They came just in the right time. Binajah Church got his box and
gave me a can of preserves out of it. They were very nice and just what I
wanted. When you send me any thing more, put in something for him. If you
have not begun my shirts yet, you need not make them like Mahalas pattern
but make them like my old blue ones with the collar about the same width.
There is nothing going on here now to write about. We drill every day but
that is pretty dull business. If a man can get rid of it pretty often he is
considered smart. The nights are pretty cold now and some poor fellows that
have no blankets must suffer considerably. I got Libbies letter the other
day. I will answer it soon. I have not had any letter from Harrington yet.
I can not write any more at present for I have got to manage some way to
get rid of drilling.
Your Aff Son
Cyrus J Hardaway
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