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Civil War LettersWing Family
Camp Wool Oct 12th
1862
Dear Brother McKie & Angie; sister.
Henry and myself feel very good to
hear from you and Angie once in a while and we found your
letters quite interesting for
the reason that you gave us considerable information in regard
to Lieut Charles Cushings
buriel which we had heard nothing of before and one more reason
is it goes to show that
we are not forgotten by you. Angie you can tell your little
school mate Sarah Robberts
that I saw her brother Charles the day before yesterday on his
way to join his regt and he
was looking well and said he was feeling well also. McKie you
was very fortunate in
having a present of a watch; is it a good one and what is it
worth. Angie you may tell
Father and Mother that our box arrived here at the relay house
express office yesterday
morning about eleven oclock and we had it taken up to camp and
put in safe quarters
until this morning when we got permition to leave our posts long
enough to go up to
camp and unpack our box which we did with the greatest pleasure
possible and Angie
you must not forget to thank for us all who put in the
dellicacies for us and here let me
remind you both that there are very few children who have such
kind and loving parents
as we. now angie & Kie you must do all to please your father
& mother that you can and
in short be the very best children and henry and myself will try
and be the very best
soldiers which we know will please our parents and repay them
somewhat for their
kindness to us.
Tell them that we found every thing whole and in good shape with
the exception of the
small glas jar of tomatoes which was broken; all the rest in
good eating order and will no
doubt be speadily demolished. The talk is now that our regt is
to remane here to guard
this bridge. Henry is to write to Mr McDonald and inform him of
the safe arrival of the
box. Give my love to father and mother and tell walt I am much
pleased with the tobaco
it came just in time the pistols are very neat and we are well
suited with them and hope to
do our country some good service with them. I wish to be
remembered to Mrs Wright and
thank her very kindly for what she wrote and also for what she
done towards packing and
