Augusta County: Tony Pastor to Annie Harris,
February 2, 1862
Summary:
Pastor describes their developing winter quarters and mentions that unless he
reenlists he has no chance of another furlough.
Sunday Eve -
Feby 2nd 1862
Camp Lollicoffer
Dear Annie
I will take this opportunity of answering your welcome note sent in Buck's note, which I received several days since. I
would have answered it sooner, but we were expecting to move our camp every day
& I thought perhaps that it would be some satisfaction to you to know
where we would be [illeg.] in the future, so I put it off until the present. Well I suppose I can tell you where
our winter quarters will be now. We are encamped about 3 Miles from Winchester,
on what is called the "[unclear: Pear]town" road. We have been engaged
for two or three days putting up huts. not withstanding this is the Sabbath, a great many of our men worked all day at them.
some building, some chopping & others dragging logs.
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All seem to be anxious to get in to their new
homes. I have nothing much, worth relating about our trip to Bath &
Romney except to say that we had a hard time of it. It rained & snowed
nearly every day during our entire march - which was
about 26 days. But I suppose Buck has given you all the news worth relating.
from the time he joined us in Romney up to the present; so I'll not trouble you
with it again. I was greatly in [unclear: hopes] that I would get home
soon to see you & all the rest of my friends
but it is a settled fact now, that this privilege will be denied - unless I
reenlist. Well I think I can stand [unclear: through] my time out.
& then I will make a strenuous effort to get there. With this, I will
close for the present hoping that I may still
hear
from
you. Yours truly.
In haste
Tony P.
excuse this short note as it is the half of my paper & I have two other letters to answer. I expect to go to town to [deleted: ] for the lecture. - & I will get one [illeg.] so that I will be prepared betting for the future. Sam sends his love.
