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Richmond - Tell [Perocucem?] from
me that he must by no account
think of joining any company.  It is
enough that two of us should be in
the field.  It is the duty [underlined] of the other one
to stay at home & he is the only pro-
per one of us there to do so.  I am
unmarried & of course ought to go.
Thompson was before me in becoming
a soldier & the oldest is the one who
should stay & take care of those who
are left behind.  Besides he is a Father
& I have no idea of my nephew's losing
his precept & example.
I trust quiet may be restored soon
enough to enable me to pay you a
visit before the Spring or at any
rate the Summer is gone.
Give my best love to [Perocucem?] & my
love too to Aunt Lockie & all her
family.  Good-bye my dear
Fanny.  Your attached brother.
J. Willcox Brown
write to me, 4th Battalion, near Norfolk.