Greenbush Clinton Co March 22 65

	My Dear W
		        with pleasure on
March 3rd I was truley thankful to
hear that you had got back with
out any accident but sorry that
you had to travel so far on foot and
that your Regiment had gone and 
left you but perhaps you was not
in the fight that your Regiment
was in. I do hope you may be
spared to come home to us again
do not think that I now intend
to neglect you by not writing to
you oftener since your return for
I have not intended [illegible] to do so but
I have to keep buisy and perhaps I do
not inprove the time the time to
write when I might we have done
a little at sugaring we shall run
         thirty
about 30 pounds when we get it sugar
ed off and it is beautiful and white
the weather has been very warm

for three days but yesterday
we had a storm and last night
the wind changed into the north
and to day we have winter
again. Mary has not come home
yet I thought she would want
to come home in sugaring time but
there does not seem to be any thing
very tempting about it home is of
secondary importance I had a letter
from your Cousin Mary Green
and she said [crossed out] [she] when she heard
			  victory
of any of Sheridans great ^ battles
she felt proud that she had a
Cousin with him she said I must
give her love to you every time I
wrote to you so you must accept
her love from me She is a dear
good cousin Cousin Libby is
a cripple with a sprained wrist
and is likely to always be so she
said she hoped she might see
you after the war was over she

      she
says ^ must have one of your cards and
  she would make all alowance for
the poorness of it I suppose they
are finished but we have not got
theirs yet Mary got one of them
and I think it was a better one
than the one that you had Carrie
says she must have one of them
and I suppose she will get one
Mr Rolfe thinks he has sold out
every thing but beds and beding
and dishes and children and
old woman she is determined to 
stick to him and he is going
to leave this part of the country
I wish you could be here to our
sugarings but I will save you
some very choice      the news is very
encouraging from the army now
Grant says cannot see any thing
why [illegible] he was from
closing if the head men were out
of the way he has offered a reward

of a thousand dollars for the head of
Jeff Davis I hope some one will 
get it but I would like to
have him tortured to death as
he has served our soldiers
but I believe there is a just God
and he will meet his end
in some way write as often
as you can and I will try to
do better [In?] much love I 
remain as ever your loving
and affectionate Mother
		N L Mattoon

		G W Mattoon