Oct 2,1862
Dear Mary,
I seat myself to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope those few
lines may find you as well as me. I received to letters from you since I last wrote and I
was glad to here from you but I was very sorry to learn that the (?) a difficult. Between
you and your father and I don't know of what to say about it I new what the difficult
was about you have never rote any thing about it that I have got only that the (?) agreed
for you to stay if you would furnish your own provisions that's the first and last I
have heard of there being any difficult Well Mary I can't be with you so you must
manage to suit yourself if I don't get sad. Disappointed I well send you (?) dollars
in a few days and hope you can live independent. (Page Two) There will be 4 months wages
due us tommorow and tha are waiting to pay us for 4 months at a time. I expect to draw 52
dollars in a few days and I will start 60 to you. I had no safe way of sending money and
didn't no you was need!
ing it as bad and was expecting to get paid in a few days so I giv 10 dolars in cash for
15 dolars at payday and got a new 20 dolar watch to keep in security to it is out of my
power to send you any money till we get paid there is to be a government agent here to
take our money to Indinoplis and I will have him to express mine to Memphis. I want you
when you get the money to pay your father for your bord and then if tha don't want to
keep you go some other plase and I will send money to pay your way. I don't want
anybody to keep you for nothing it no my intention for any body for any body to keep you
for nothing. I want you to rite what the (?) was about. (Page Three) I expect you have (?)
a leter about it that I haven't got it. Mary I wish the time role round that I could
come home and I wold try to provide some way for you to live and I think I cold live hapy.
We have no comfort here the only consolation I have is thinking how happy I will be if I
am so lucky as to get hom!
with you and (?) again. Well Mary I think if we ever get to keeping house again we will
no how to enjoy life and I think we will ware the rebles out against, spring and get to
come home. It seems to be the general opinion that the rebles can't possible hold up
much longer is no corn or stock to be found any where about and the rebles is bound to
starve out. There is no chance for anybody to get a furlo only wounded if tha get sick tha
are either discharged or sent to hospital. I didn't happen to get any wounds at battle
tha I was covered (Page Four) with blood from the wounded fellow soldiers by my side John
Hodrite? Fell dead at my feet George Powers wound on one side of me and David Baker on the
other and while I was on my nees loading my gun Lige Marten? (?) was has his head split
open with a canon ball and fell across me covering me with blood and bones and there was
very (?) of our regiment came of without (?) a mark either in skin or (?) close. General
Hurlbert? Has b!
een promoted to distrct? General and General Ord? Takes his place. Direct you leters to
4th division 2 brig 53 IND VOL Co E. Your last leter wasn't in care of Captin Peck and
that other Morgan got it but brought it to me before he opened it.
W.C. Morgan
Letter to Wife Mary (Townsend) Morgan