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[1]
Monroe Draft
March 31st 1864
Dear, Ginnie & Mollie
Acording to
promis I now take the [strikethrough]
pleasure to Draft you a few
lins Ginnie I have no news to
write A bout every thing is still
A quiet in camp Ginnie I have
little penny with me in Camp
he is A goud little Dog he barks
when eny one Comes near. he
send his love to you all
I no will woudev like to see
him vary much Ginnie I have
the blus so bad that I cant
hardly write to you I Dont
know what to write A bout

[2]
Ginnie I had a Jolly time A
coming out to camp it was
one storm after A nother
I liked to of frozen on the
river I stop at A house on
the river to warm & I havnt
my [bants?] [right?] oh masent [that?]
A bad egg for me Ginnie have
you hurd from Ellie lately
i havent hurd from her since
i left home mabey she shant
entind to write a gan
Ginnie i beliuve that Ellie has
Cut you out with barb w Bob
has cut me out with Ellie & oh
all [struckthrough] tho i have bin going there
fure some time i shal [wan?]
[frlay?] spirits i hope she may Do
well is she proud of her old
lover fer ever and ever Ginnie
i had a hard time in the

[3]
muster with A [?]iet hurt
i shal [main?] [mate?] till the [?]
is over be fore i get A nother
with me i think you mite
Ginnie what is all the good
news A round Churchvill
when you write pleas give
me all the good news from
old Bridgewater and churchvill
i be leave i will [pitch?] in
after Sallie Bibey. dont you think
that would be A ^good chance [afer?]
me oh Ginnie pleas tel me
that [?] you had A bout
me i am ancious to see it
pleas tel me
tel mollie i would like
to eat a good meal with her
now i havent had A nuff to
eat since i left home i wish

[4]
I was with you all at this
time i would give the world
kiss little Edey for me
Ginnie I will hafter bring
this scribling to Close
I must write A letter to Ellie
[illegible] if the [illegible] is willing
& if he isent willing i shal
write eny how Ginnie i Shal
write more the next time
i write i shal A gan in
A few Days well i must
Close Give my love to all
& keep A large Bonty [for?] yor
self A friend till Death

this is the gooderist letter G, H, Pool
                                               G. H. Pool
[L?]S                                      Ginnie Hatfield
Ginnie when you write
to Ellie Give her all my love
Sent By A Friend till Death

[5]
162
the 15
Churchvill    augusta Va Febuary
Dear sister it is with
a Great pleasure I seat my self to in
Form you that we are all well at presant
And hope these few lines may find you
In the same good health well sis I must
Tel you how we got home I tell you it
Was bad travling we did not get home
The first day we stade all knight at cit
Sellers and got home next day til dinner
Time I found ever thing right at home I
Told mary what I herd and she said the
Peple was all fools down their some of the
Folks up here makes out here that I told
What was not so. mr ornlet [struckthrough] ornel said I would
Busted if I wouldent went down therer for
If herd that and run up here and told fil
Sis if you hear of any one that has lost A
Locket for she has one avery large golld locket
With a ladys likeness in it griv [struckthrough] give my
Love to all my friends and tel tom
He must besure and come up here when the
Confrince is I don’t haft to take anypreaches
And I want you and moley to come up

[6]
Here i want you to right to me wheter you
Are com ing or not I wish your or mother
Could come I have lots to tel you when
I see you giny you must let me know how
Bet is giting a long and whether mack had
to go away or not I would lik to know
Mr thomas got oll agin for a while give my
Love cosin john and mr night if they are
Their tel mother that I got her theard for her
and will send it to her the first cance and
your shoose tel saly that I have a prety
Litle chicking for her I will send it to
Her as soon as I can and I want her
To keep it for it one of faets willy an
Eely is well and as bad as ever tel elin
That bob is well and very well satisfied
He said I shoud tel you that he lived
As well as he did before the ware well sis I
had commenct your [struckthrough] laughing to you yester
day and had not finished when I rceived
your kind letter sis van is here to night
I was glad to here from you but was
sorrow to hear that pop was sick I woud
like to come see him if i could &

[7]
ginny take good care of pop and mother
you said you herd the small pox was here
it is not so the big pox is up at dedricks
but I dont expect to get them the
scarlet feaver is over at mr gerdins
and I am affraid it will git here
and take some mor of my littles pets
from us when you right to the boys
give my love to them I had I bad
dreem about them I thought they
both come and john was drest in
a long white [strikethrough] coat bud would
not speack to me but gust beged mr
thomas to come home with him poor
boys do right to hirem not to go to
engling tel him to get a ferlow and come
home and come up here & i want to
see then so bad mr thoma ses he will
send your shoose the first cancl i well geat
it is now morning and it is snowing
and van gust started I wanted him to
stay but he would not I received a letter
from ab arnel he sends love to you sis
bily ses I should tel you that he was the
      badest boy ever was

[8]
tel molley to come up and stay a while
with us the girls all send their
love to you well geat I must close
for I must put on some beenes for
diner and then the wind will rais
you know nothing more at presant right
som and let me now how pop is geting
you must excuse my bad right
ing and speling for ed is runing
over the flore and l willy is cuting
up noth ing more but remain
afectunate sister until death
mr thomas sends his love to you all
we will send your mamy the shoos when we send M M Thomas
by and come up to the conference
dear father I will drop you a few
lines in geats lette and I will right
to you agen I have nothin of importence
to right to y y you at this time we
are all well and I wish you was
well to I have a bad roing in my head
ever since I went down their sis is shoos
will be sent to her the first chance you
sed you wanted to now what had become
of may eubanks she is waking about nothing more
[the following written on either side of the page]
but remain your dauter
Mary Thomas

[9]
Punnsutawney
Aprile the 19 1860
    my Dear sister as mr thomas
has riten to you I thought I would
try and ancer your kined letter
which came to hand some time
ago which was read but not
larit [struckthrough] lard away yet for I read it
ever day o geet I was glad to
heare from you but was sorrow to
heare that you was not well for
I have bin sick so much for the
last year and better that I hate
to hear of any one elce being sick
but I hope you are well again wee
are all well to day as can bee escpec
ted I can hardly get about but
I feell rite well at this time I
hope I will soon feel better o geet
I wish you was with me to day
for I have such a poore girl I
am affraid she will not half
take care of me she is as dum as [ass?]

[10]
geet you must not get out of
pacients waiten for some of us
to come after you for I am
coming just as soon as I get
well enough to go o I want
to come so bad tel g Jane she can
look out for me I will come in
the stage to mullens some knight
geet I hope the next time I right
to you I can tel you all about
it and when I think I will
bee their tell hiley I think when
he was at williums poart he mout
come an out here to seen me
geet ever thing looks prospery out
here now wee have maid a little
garden wee have a good house to
live in and the chrildren are all
weel and harty and mr
thomas only wais 1,87 he hast
to cry now well geet I must
soon close as I have nothing of
interrist to right to you and I am
geting tired of siting the children
all send their love to you and
want to see you bad give my
love to all you must right
soon from your Sister molley Thomas

[11]
May the 30, 1862 Newtown
Frederick county
My Dearist    Sister it is with grait
plesure that I seat my self this morning
to draft you a few lines to let you
know that I and Brother John is a
live and well and I hope that when
thies few lines comes to hand tha will
find you all well I am in cousin
Annie house I came here yesterday and
found them all well. I was in winchester
a monday and there was a great deal
Joy there on the return of the suthern
soldiers wee marched in to Newtown a litle
after dark and tha didenot know
that wee was coming till wee was
in town such hollering you never herd
in my your life the Girls was in the
dores and out on the side walks
waveing ther hankerchieaf and chear
ing the soldiers at the top of
    their voices.

[12]
I and the and the batone of our
band got a furlo for five days to stay
in [strikethrough] Newtown.
sis ths day a weak a go wee maid
the yankeys skedadle in duble quick
wee flank them at Midle town
and run three thousen up the
pike and tha found that wee
was following them and the burnt
the bridge a cros seader crick and
scaterd to the Mountains and the
rest mid a stand at winchester
and wee whipped them so quick
that tha dident know them
selves and wee outrun them a crost
the river – and I dont know where
the hav gon. sis what do you think
wee captured at the Midle town fite
in the mid. of the [strikethrough] thunder riles [struckthrough]
roles from the cannons and the battle

[13]
Guns were ratteling like hale on
the enemy one of Ashbeys boys
found a litle Babe a bout six
month old a laying aganst the
fence a sleep and was not hert
a bit it is a littel yankey.
I tell you that wee got
all there bagage and horses and
knatsacks and leters and every
thing tha had wee dident lose
very meny l men till sunday morning
at winchester there wee lost a
grait meney but wee cant expect
to not lose eny sis tell pap to
some of the little towns where
the Armey has bin and see if
he can find a mif of black
clauth to make mee a suit and
as soon as I drays my pay I will
send it to him and he can get it

[14]
for me and as soon as I can I
will come home.
    Giv my love to all and reserv
a portion for your self John
sends his love to you all and
ses you must kiss Moley for him
    Well I Must close
    nothing more at presant
    from Hiram E. Hatfield
    to his sister Mr E. V. Hatfield


    Write as soon as you can

[15]
[Strikethrough] Newtown Frederick va 1862
september
     the 8
        Dear sister I
    seat my self this eavning
to draft you a few lines to let you
know that I am well at presant
and hope that when thies few
lines comes to hand tha will
find you all well and in Joying
the gratis blesings. Sis I rseid
your leter and was very glad to
hear from you all I would like
to see you all if it was in
my power but I dont know when
I will get home mabey this
winter some time I am not
with the Armey at this time
wee got cut of from the
armey at the Rapahanick river
and have not caught up yet
but are going to start for
the Armey in the morning
if no bad luck hoping

[16]
Well sis I must tell
you that yesterday I
was taken a prisner by the
enemy at new town the yankey
caverlley came dashing in and cought
too of us and tried to get
some more but did not get them
Tha released mee but took
the othern off with them
I made them be leav I was a
citason I had a [?]yankey coat
and I ran in the corn and
puld it off and tha did
ent know that it was mine
thay went up to midle town
and there the got some of
our boys but one of them
gumped in a cistern and staid
there till tha was gon
well mis I must bring
my leter to a close as I did
not sleap much last nite From
H.E. Hatfield to his sister E. V Hatfield
[strikethrough] remain yours un till Deth

[17]
Dear Father wee hav
bin in some tite plasis
since I saw you but came
out safe in the end as
Winchester is clear of Yan
keys tha left there last
nite at three a clock. tha
left there tha bload up
there mgasean [magazine] it made a
very loud re port it [gared?] the
housis in Newtown thay left
a great many stores be hind
and and other things
very valuebele.
pap tell mister
[shanfy?] to make my hat
and you send it to me
if you can nothing now
at presant but remain
your sun in till deth
H. E. Hatfield to
his Father A. F. Hatfield