Bloomington 
Feb 15th 1863 
 
     Dear Brother 
I am Ashamed two write to you 
I have waited So long but 
you must forgive me for my 
negligents and I will try to 
do better next time I received 
a letter from you before I 
left Marshall and ment 
to of Answerd it befour I left 
Mich I have had a good deal 
of sickness this winter but 
I will not make aney  
more excuses I am agoing 
to do better now and want 
you to write just as Soon as 
you get this and let us know 
how you are and all the war 
news it looks very dark hear now 
but you know the old Saying 
darkest befour day and we 
hope it is most day 
well I hear you have a 
little Daughter and Suspose you 
feel very proud and would be 
prouder if you could be with 
it well I hope it will not be 
long befour you can come 
home two your fameley and all 
the rest of the poor fellows what 
do thay think of the war down 
whare you are we heare thare 
is more men called for. I am 
loosing faith I beleive, I try not 
to loose all. but we have so maney 
Rebbels hear two the north to deal 
wtih thare worse then the Southern 
Rebbels for thare we do not look 
for [aney?] better then Rebbels 
but hear you no not whare to 
look for them and thay are 
in our midest 
Sister Harriet has gone home 
She was out to [illegible] untill 
Dec. She has been very Sick 
 
[Scence?] she came home thay 
did not expect her to live for a 
week ore two. 
we expect to move back to 
Marshall about May, we do not 
like hear at all Amos says he 
shall not Stay hear another winter 
and it is the worst place to get 
houses i ever See we rent a house 
we pay [9?] nine dol, per month 
and it is a miserable place 
and have got to move the firs 
of [Apr?] from that for the man 
that owns it wonts it him 
Self So I wont to go back two 
Marshall we have a house of 
our own thare and are not 
drove around hunting [house?] 
evry two ore three months 
I have not heard from Lucinda 
Scence Harriet left I suspose I 
Shall not hear from her very 
often now She has got a baby 
 
   two take up her time 
do you ever hear from Jabez 
if you do write and let me 
know I have not heard from 
him in a grate while well 
please write Soon from your Sister 
Susan Wilson direct to Amos Wilson 
Bloomington Ill 
Chicago, Alton, St. Louis, R.R.