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	Camp at Stevenson Ala Aug 25
Dear wife I sit down to write to you again to-
day I was going to write yesterday but got a
chance to go out in the country and get some
peaches so I put it off till to day I am
well at present I suppose the draft makes
the copperheads grunt some but they will 
have to come to the limerick I generally
get our letters monday or friday I got no
letter last monday I think I will get one
friday I got this paper from the Sanitary
Com it was sent me from Louisville by
a friend there  we had quite an accident
in our company last Saturday just as the
boys were raising the last post Saturday night
it slipped and fell struck Seargent Muir
lengthwise of him and killed him instantly he
was as good hearted a fellow as we have in
the company we are still building Block houses
at Stevenson there is only 2 companies of us here
the rest of the reg is scattered from Chattanooga
to Marietta. John got a letter from Electa last
Monday I got a letter from Gould Matthews 
last Monday he says he is well as ever he is
					  they
doing picket duty at Knoxville he says he is
have a bit of a skirmish now and then just

to remember that they are Soldiers. Are you all
doing well at home we dont know anything
about soldiering here we have a good place to
sleep and plenty to eat drink and to wear
all that is lacking is the Society of the dear
ones at home. I expect we will get our pay again
in about three weeks then I shall have one
hundred and twelve dollars due me and I expect
to be able to send it all home and a little more
with it as I have got sixty dollars due me from
the company. I shall send you a dollar in this
and I want you to send me the worth of it in
stamps for I cant get one here for love or money
and I dont care about Sending without a stamp
as long as I can get stamps. I think this
war is assuming a more desperate phase
as it is prolonged but I dont think it will 
last another year I think I am better off here
than I would be at home and exposed to the draft
I should be glad to see you all. I think the time
will come when we will join each other again
when the country is at peace and there is
no more fear of draft or news of defeat of
our armies. Well it is time for me to quit
writing for want of room. kiss the children for
me and when they go to bed tell them to remember

Aug 25, 1864.


their pa when they say their prayers. does
Baby learn to read any yet. do you think the
mares are both with fold this season.
Well I will say good bye from your
ever loving husband to his wife.
			Simeon A Howe