Franklin County: David Demus to Mary Jane Demus, May 13, 1864
Summary:
Demus writes his wife that he is unsure of when he will return home again. He also reports
that he has been detailed to butcher cattle for his regiment.
Mary Jane Demus
May the 13th 1864
Morris iland
South Carlina
Dear Wife
I tke this present tim to set don to rite you thes fu lines to let you now that i am Well at present and i hope Whean thes fu lines reach you tha ma finde you in the sam state of healte i receve yor kind letter this Day With grate pleaser and i Was verry glad to hear frum you ones fer i thot it a long time to hear frum you but i Was verry glad Whean i got it i am geting a long as Well as Can be exspetted so far but all that putes me out of [unclear: hart] is tha [unclear: from] to send us hom and Whean the tim Com Wiy tha say that tha Cant get a boate to take us and then som tim i think i Will be home in a sorte time and then tha disapoant us a gane and som times i jest give op that i Wonte get hom but or year is up now and tha say that tha Will tak us to boston in this month and if tha dow Wiy We Will all be hom in sort tim but i Cant set the time fer fear i dont Com but i thot i ma get hom son now i am detale out on [unclear: foley] iland butching for the [unclear: too] redgment We kill about twenty five head of Cattel a Weak but i have a nice tim Whean the Wether is good but the Wether is bean Cold hear for the last 4 or 5 Days but it has Cleard oup now it is got verry hot hear now but i Can say that i hope not [unclear: sow] a Cold Winter Day since i left home but hard ranes but Whean it ranes it jest pores don and then stops but i now must bring mi letter a Close you Wonted to for sor Wether bill Was kild or not but one of the men that [unclear: satad] a long side of him sead that he Was kild [unclear: Ded] the last [unclear: lik] he got Was With a [unclear: Cheale] and it kild him ded nothing more at present but still remane
yor Dear husben
David Demus
to Mrs Marry Jane Demes ples give mi love to all the frends Direct yor letter to Morris Iland South Carlina CoK 54 pleas to rite sone.
