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Brookland June 12th 1862
My dear darling Husband,
I received two letters from you last
Tuesday night, one written June 1st & the other the 5th. I need
not tell you how thankful & happy I was to get a letter from you
again and to hear that you are well again. Aunt Judy had a letter
from Sam last night also one from Mrs. Howison Uncle Sam Rooker
will bring Helon & Graham back with him Pa has just left- will go
by Shiloh to prayer meeting. he brought Mary back this morning so we
are all here except Sister Martha she stays at Aunt Judys most of
the time. We have Pa or Mr. Harris to see us every other day now.
The three fever cases are all getting better have passed the crisis and two
of them are free of fever in fact they have never been very sick. Pa
says the children can go back home in two weeks if there are no more
cases James [?] & Mary get right home-sick sometimes and Mildred
too she has been confined to the house for a week till to-day. She hasn’t
been sick but was afraid she would take cold with the mumps. Maria
Leniley came over this evening the girls are going back with her for a
walk James [?] & Charley are out in the front yard playing with Tasso
[?] is better yesterday or today than she has been for a week she is
cutting two jaw-teeth and looks rather puny. She is just the sweetest
& smartest thing you ever saw can say almost any simple word and
is beginning to connect words when Pa left this evening I put her up
in a chair at the window and she said as plain as anything “Who
is that= Pa?”? She called him as long as he was in sigh. Oh Pa, Oh Pa.
Charley talks about you a great deal very often asks “what will Pa say
about it”? Every night before he goes to sleep your little boy asks God to take
care of you I must tell you his little prayer last night “God take
care of Pa, and dont let the Yankees shoot him”? said it of his own
accord and in his own simple childish way. After he finished he said
“Ma I have asked God to take care of my Pa wont he do it?”? Oh
darling I cant help feeling that this little prayer asked in so much
faith will [underlined] be answered and that you will soon be permitted to re
turn home to your wife & little ones who love you so dearly I dont
think you seem to be satisfied you seem to be low spirited what is


it my precious? tell me is your health good? you say you cannot
stand the infantry service still you have always written that you
were well (except your last spell & just before you let the [?]) and stood
the life well please write me in your next whether you are in the
Artillery or Infantry we have never been able to tell from any of your
letters whether you had succeeded in getting back into the Artillery
Mr. Pape from Clarksville was here yesterday he is buying corn oats
& bacon for the Government he is offering 30 cts for bacon and $4. a barrel
for corn. Pa thinks we had better not sell either now the wheat crop
all through the country will fail the wheat on the river has been
destroyed by freshets and the rust has ruined it in this part of the
country there has been so much rain that the corn cannot be
worked. All the farmers say they were never as late weeding corn

your wheat is as good ^or better^ than it was last year every one who has seen it
says it is the best in the country. Mr. Harris says it is owing to your
good draining your fallowed oats are very good too but the rust is in
the spring oats. Dr. Wilson wants to get 20 barrels of corn form you
Pa says I must let him have it as you are in his debt. I never saw
as many rats in my life. [?] says there was only a peck of your
seed corn (in the box) left the rats had destroyed it. Every rainy
day I tell them to catch rats one day they killed 50 another [90?]) and
another 20 think we will thin them out after a while. The garden
looks right well now I had beets today have had a large box
made and put in the breach just before the spring it keeps
the milk very cool & nice and fresh meat will keep well four
days put the meat in a tub and sink it in the box. I had it
made to have nice cool butter milk for you when you come home
I know how you love it at this season of the year. I have 18 goslings
but not many chickens the spring has been so wet & cold will
sell all the hens I can now and get their hatchier out by harvest
and then I can raise them with little trouble. You see I am making
arrangements for you & me to live at home next winter and want
to raise a plenty of fowls & vegetables. Tell the boy to make haste &
whip the Yankees home we want to have [?] back again I think
of you every minute in the day and long for happiness & peace
once more I cannot believe God will suffer our heartless enemies to


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persecute us much
longer let us look
ever on the bright
side the time is
coming and it may
be very soon when
we shall be a free
and happy people
and when our
loved ones will be
restored to us again
May God in his
infinite mercy
hasten that
happy time
Oh darling if I
could only tell
you how much
I love you better
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than life, coun
try or any thing
else w [crossed out] I a[?]
enjoy any thing
unless shared
with you
It is dark
Goodbye my
precious one
May God
protect you
Your loving
Wife Nannie.