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Near Fredericksburg November 27 1862
Dear Mother
I suppose that you have had thanksgiving today and probably have had enough
to eat, but it has been different here. All that I have had is four
crackers and about two ounces of pork and a little coffee. The roads are so
bad that they can not haul up rations enough to feed half the men that
there is here, but I suppose that we shall get plenty as soon as the rail
road is repaired. I received your letter containing the five dollars for
which I am verry thankful. Also the paper and envelopes. I should not have
thought of sending home for money but will keep this now that it is here. I
am thankful that I have got so good a mother. You need not send me any
blankets nor anything else at present for I do not think it will be worth
while. It would be nothing strange if we went into winter quarters here,
for if they can not get grub enough for us here I do not know what the
object will be in moving us farther on to starve. It will be just as cheap
to starve us here as it will to go farther on. I have been promoted to
second Sergeant. My promotion will probably date from the first of
November. My pay is now seventeen dollars a month. That will make up for
five that you have sent me. We are encamped up in the woods and the smoke
is so thick that it almost puts a persons eyes out. We shall all come out
smoke tanned in the spring. I cannot write any more at present.
Your Aff Son
Cyrus J Hardaway
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