Augusta County: James Long to Cynthia Long, April 10, 1864
Summary:
James Long complains that he has not heard from his family in a long while, and comments on
his recently passed furlough.
April the 10 1864
Camp 1st Virginia Cavalry near Orange Courthouse Virginia
Dear Sister
I take this presentopportunity to
write you a few lines to inform you that I am
well and i hope these few lines may find you and all of my friends
enjoying the same blessing I have not heard
anything from you all since I was down
there I should have liked very much to have
gone down to spent a few days with you all
while I was at home but I could not get the chance and home seemed to be the best place I got
so vexed at some of the
acquaintances
in the neighborhood that I did not care about going to see any of the neighbors
our Company was at home two months some of the
people begrudged our
furlough they said they knew what we were sent home for
because they could not feed us in the army
and said we had to come and eat off of us and that did not please my appetite but thank god I did not
pester them you may bet on that I think you might have writtento me some
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ago I suppose you think I might have done the
same but you know that it is against my profession to write much I have been
here ever since the 6 of march and have not got but one letter and
that was from Andy I have written home three
or four times and to mary also I heard from Andy yesterday he is well I must bring
my letter to a close
write soon give my [unclear:
prayers
] & regards to uncles and cousins and be a good girl and do what you are told by cousin
beckey tell
cousin John to write to me and give me the
news nothing more
yours truly
James F Long
it is raining hard now and has been
raining and snowing for the last two
weeks
Co. E. 1st va Cavalry
in the
care of captain
McClung Wickhams
brigade
Orange
Courthouse
Virginia
