Camp near Fredericksburgh Va
		Jan 3rd 1863

	My Dear Mother  	I recd your
welcome     letter last evening dated the
Dec 28th and was glad to from you
I think I get all your letters now
I receive stamps in every one
I thank you for sending them for
it is impossible to get them here
as for paper and envelopes we can
get them when we have the money
I have got about eight dollars $8.00
with me now I borrowed five of
Bill Cole and three of DeWit Spaulding
I shall get along until we get our
pay again for we mustered this
week for pay again Oh the [Reural?] you
spoke about you need not take it
any longer let it go. I have not
heard from my box yet it has
had time to come I suppose I

am afraid I shall never see it
DeWit has had one sent to him and
he has not heard from his either
you had better send the receipt
to me, Edwin. sent Dewit a check of
his I suppose I shall need it to get
the box if it ever comes you need
not worry about me mother
I will try to take care of myself
well mother I did not finish
letter yesterday and so I will
do it to day it is Sunday and
it is a splendid fine morning
I got up this morning just at
day light and went out and
washed it was worn we are
having splendid weather here
now it is almost like summer
no mud at all. now as for your
health I am sorry it is so poor
but I hope it will be better soon
if there is any medicen you
want take my money [any?] get it

I will give you the price of things
out here that we have to pay butter
75 cts per pound cheese 50 cts sausage 50
head cheese 50 cts per lb.. apples 5 to 8
cts a piece that's the way the money
goes out here. I have bin living
on pooden and milk now for
a while I bought a can of [illegible]
need milk the other day and I 
take alittle of it and put it
in a cup of water and desolve
it and it is as good as new milk
and we save our rations of coffee
and soap and trade it for meal 
and make pooden which goes nice
Oh I shall be so glad if I only get
my box of things for the Catsuup
and tomato preserves is just what
I want you could not have pleased
me better with any thing you could
have sent I wish I had
told you to sent them to Capn
[Beleher?] Co G 8th Mich for BF Marsh

then I think those would have
not bin any trouble atall about
it comeing safe but it is sent
and if I loose it so be it it wont
make any one poor) I am glad
you sent Fathers address I will
try and write to him soon
and perhaps it will cheer him up
some to get a letter from me I will
write as cheering news as I can
Mother I have an arrow point
a white one which I found on
Fort Elsworth Va which I
will send in this letter for I
have carried it until I have got
tired of it and so I will send it
home I hope this will find you all
well Sarah I will write to you 
soon perhaps to day if I get
time you must not stop writ-
ing it has bin some time since I
have reced a letter from you you 
must write tell Freddy to be
a good boy Oh Sarah I have not
seen them likeness yet and I am
anxious to get them you wrote in your 
other letter and said you would send a piece of
your new dress but I did not see it

[Written on the side of Scan 4]

Good Bye to all for this time  BF. Marsh   write often