Sunday morning August
the .3. 1862
Dear Cousin
after long neglect I in deavor
to answer your kind letter which came to hand in
due time I hope you will excuse me for
not writing sooner, as I was verry unwell
for several days after I got your letter,
I have bin waiting sence I got well to
to learn something new to write, tho I be leav
thare is no news in circulation now atal,
I hear but very little said about the yankees
now, tho we are still preparing for them
close by here, we have to go about four miles
to work on the breast works every other day,
I cant beleave that thay will come bac here
again soon, tho thare is no teling what
the fools may do,
some of our boys are getting very anxious
to put in substitutes, John Milner got
a transfer from the Cascade company to ours
and put in a substitute last week he only
stayed one night after Milner left,
Henry Hines came down last week and got
one for his brother William he got him
in yesterday, thay will start home to
morrow, he belonged to the 57 Regiment,
I dont blame no man to put in a substitute
if he can, tho I think if it is kept
up much long er it will ruin our army,
It is a nough to make a man want to
get out, to look at our Flag that we carried
in the last Battle, thay was some six or seven
men shot with our flag in thar hands, and
thay was forty five holes shot through it
and the staff shot in too,
I hird friday eavning that Pleasant Inman, was
dead, he Started home some too weeks
ago after the men that was absent without
leave, and got to Richmond and the orders
was counter manded, and he was taken sic
thare and never got bac to his company eney
more, I havent hird from Bates sense
he was sent to the hospital,
I would like very much to be at mount
her man to day with you all, I hope
you all may have a inter esting meeting,
I got a letter from Mary & cousin America the
other day I was glad to hear from you all
& to hear that you were all well,
I have bin very well the last week
I dont think thare is much sic ness
in camp now,
I will close John says he will write
afew lines before I seal this he is on
guard to day, nothing more remain
your friend and cousin until death
write to me soon and gave me all the news
James Booker
to Miss C. U. Blair
Note: Company D of the 38th Virginia Infantry in Whitmell.
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