Vicksburg Aug 17th /63
I received a letter dated July 29th some time ago.. I have written three letters since we returned from Jackson. and one while at Jack– and have received four.. I have nothing particular to write times are dull. every thing quiet.. we are still in the same camp near Vicksburg. the weather is very warm.. we have to keep in the shade in the middle of the day.. we drill one hour in the morning and have Dress perade in the Evening.. it is thought we will go to New Orleans this week. and perhaps from there to Mobile.. my health is very good. the boys are pretty well, what are left.. there are only four of us now from the 16 we had in Our Mess.. Will Flagg, Ell Finley, Jo Griggs & my Self.. Lem Roloson started home day before yesterday with his Discharge. he was very poorly.. I should have sent some money by him if he had been able to cary it. but he had all he could do to cary him Self.. Bill Neffus Came to the Company day before yesterday. when we were at Perkins Plantation he was detailed to guard Prisoners up the River and
when he got to St. Louis he thought he would go home he has been gone untill now.. he tells some pretty hard tales about the folks about Delaware.. he says the copperheads do about as they please. he says they dress in butternut colored clothes and ware butternuts for buttins. if you see a lady with a butternut
Brestpin tell her that I said she had better stick it in her A..
tell them Copperheaded butternut Colored traitor Devils they had not better come here and show their Colors or they will get their darned Bull necks stretched.. they are worse than a sheep theif..
I wish they would draft every Devil of them and put them in old
Regt. and when they come to Battle put them in the front rank.
and if they did not come to time shoot them.. I think the folks
of Delaware have not much spunk or else they are all turning
Traitors. or they would not allow such work.. if we were as calm
and cool and done no more to crush the rebelion than they do in Delaware what do you suppose would become of our country.. it is enough to make any one prevoked to do as I have done for the last year (as much for the interest of them as my Self) and then have them lazy Devils do all they can against me.. I hope they will hang and shoot every one that votes for Old Val.. I beleave if it had not been for them Copperheaded traitors I would have been home to day instead of being way down here.. but they are to mean to talk about so we will let them go.. we are all coming home after while and then is they want anything we can give it to them the South is about whiped.. I dont know as I will get a chaunce to come home on a furlough or not and dont know as I would take one if I had a chaunce.. I should like to beat home a little while and see Uncle John & have a drink of that good wine. but it will cost to much.. there will three of Our Boys (of our Company) start home tomorrow on sick furloughs.. Old man Courter of Sunbury is down here to see his son in the Hospital the health of our Regt is midling good.. I expect our ranks will be filed up with conscrips in a little while.. I saw a piece in the Delaware paper stating that Capt Kimball was going to bring some down when he came.. you said in you letter that Capt Kimball was dead is it not a mistake.. his woman is dead but I guess he is not.. Write soon from L. A. C.
We are now in the fourth Division instead of the 10th.. 1st Brigade 4 Division 13th army Corps army of the Miss.