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                    June 17th 1862
My Dear Sister,

I will write you a few lines this morning to let you

hear from us.  When I wrote last Mr. Kidd was quite sick & we fear-

ed he would have a severe attack of typhoid fever but as I explain

ed it turned out to be measles.  He was very sick with it & is

just beginning to go out on his farm again.  The children have

all had it since & now it is breaking out among the servants

of whom there are upwards of thirty to have it.The children were

quite sick more so than we expected them to be.  The baby had

it slightly but was very cross.  She is teething has two teeth & her

gums are very much swollen for some [?] she was right sick

last night & ^ is ^ this morning.  Kept sister Sue up almost all night

Ina is well.  We feel very anxious to her from you it seems

so long since we have had a letter from you.  We have had one

from Brother Nat since & it is almost time to have another.

Mollie sent us a letter from Brother Dick sunday he had

seen Brother Nat.  I will write you what he wrote about him.

He says. "I saw Nat this morning he has been right sick & was un

able to be on the battle field is better though now & will soon

be with his company again.  He looks better than I expected to

find him, is a little reduced in flesh but not more so than

the majority of our soldiers.  His Company was in the hottest

of the battle, charged the enemys battery & after taking one turn

ed the guns upon them & gave them five rounds before they

could get out of sight.  Mr. Sam Booker's son made a very narrow

escape a minnie ball passing through his cap very near his head.

They say that Abram Daniel displayed courage & coolness, firing

his musket frequently & deliberately.  Out of [58?] in the company [5?]

were killed & 28 wounded."  Brother Dick writes that his company

were kept in the rear of the Army to drive in stragglers said it was

a very disagreeable business.  He has kept very well though the Troop

is reduced by sickness from [?]6 to 25.  Good many of them are at home

sick, two or three in this neighborhood with measles & some ^ others^ from [?]

Bro Dick said that they were at Richmond now resting & it is the first

time the saddle has been off of his horse since the middle of May.

Mollie & the children are well.  Maria has been right sick with dys

entery.  Mildred Watkins has been very ill with diptheria & now that

she has recovered from the sore throat she is threatened with

dropsy.  They thought one day that she would not live through the

day & Brother Will sent for me but she revived before I got there

Sister Kate is almost broken down nursing her.  The rest are

well.  I would have staid up there sometime but Mary was

taken sick & I had to come back to take care of Ma.  Mary wasn't

very sick though & is well again now.  We haven't seen any of Brothers'

folks for a long ^ time ^ & it seems that I will never be able to get there [again?].

Sister Sue has a very nice little teacher a refugee from Winchester a

Miss Powell.  She & her mother are to live here she has one sister in

Brunswick & ^ one at Mr. Overby's ^ her only brother in the Army & her Father in the War

Department in Richmond.  Hew mother is now at Mr. Overby's

as she hasn't had measles but will come here next week.

She reminds me very much of Miss Sarah Skinner but is quite

pretty & is a real southerner.  An Episcopalian, Samuel Booker goes

to school to her.  Mr. Booker has two wounded soldiers at his house.

Mr. Dance has two & Mr. Haskins three & there are a good many others

in the neighorhood.  Ma says you must write to us we feel so anx

ious to hear from you since we heard that there was typhoid fever

in your Pa's family.  Sister Sue sends her love to you & says she

intended writing to you before this but has been prevented

by measles [etc?].  Ma ^ & Sister Sue wrote to Bro Nat.  I have written since.^

sent your letter to Brother Nat while I was at

Brother Will's.  She says I must tell you that John [?] Scott sold 100

sheep for $1000.  All join me in love to you all & kisses to the little

ones.  Eppie McCormick has been at Mrs. [Duprey's]? for two or three weeks she looks very


Following written in margins:

[?] [?] has been quite sick & came up to Mr. [?] [?] or rather Mr. [?]

brought him up.

Your own loving sister Pattie.