Letter to Sarah Garibaldi (Poor)

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Written from "Camp Bailor." Letter regards orders to prepare to march and general family news.

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English

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Camp Bailor. November 20th 1862

Dear Wife
With these few lines I come to let you know that I am well and hope that when these few lines will come to hands they will find you enjoying the same blessings.

Having somewhat time to spare now and thinking that we are going to have some long march, for we have just received orders to cook a day's ration and be ready to march in the morning by day light, therefore I may not have time to write to you any more for some time. I thought I better write this present in order to let you know that I am well. I have written you three letters and this makes the fourth one and yet I have not received any answer for them and in my last one I have enclosed five dollars and would like to know whether you received them or not.

Please write to me and don't care how often you do write if it is twice a week I'll be very glad to receive them, for nothing will satisfie me but to hear from you. You are the only one that I care for in this world, and I expect that I am the only one that you care for too. Let us not therefore abandon each other, let not distance be the cause of our forgetfulness. Little did we get to stay together but I hope that, if God wills, we shall reunite ourselves together, again, never to be parted except by death and I hope that we shall never forsake the hour in which we were united together by ties of matrimony, that we shall lead a happy life together and agreeable as it becomes two married people. A day is not passing without thinking of the one I left behind.

Dear We were paid out about three weeks ago and I received one hundred and fifty dollars and wish that I could put them in your hands. You said that you'd think yourself rich if you had one hundred dollars in pocket and I wish I could satisfie you to give them to you. To send them in a letter I don't like to trust, so that I shall have to wayt an opportunity to send them to you by hands, or untill I come home myself.

Dear I must tell you that I was appointed Sergeant here lately, my pay is now seventeen dollars per month. George Gilbert Was Sergnt himself but was broken on account of his straggling out from the company without permission, as we were marching through Winchester, and stayed away four or five days. David Gilbert was Corporal and was broken from his office for the same offence. John Hepler is Corporal now in place of David Gilbert himself. There was sever other noncommissioned officers from our company broken for the same offence.

There is some talk about us going back to Camp Zollicoffer where we made our winter quarters last winter, and we will then be stationed in our old shanties that we built last winter. Dear Give my best respects to mother, Russian, Isiah, Sale, and Mary and to all the neighbors. If there is any furlow given this winter I shall get one, for I am entitle to it and come home and stay, and we shall enjoy ourselves ittle more. Dear thre some little talk of peace about the camp, some thinks that next spring will bring peace and we shall all then come home and rejoin our wives once more. Dear I can't get no postage stamps in Winchester. They thought that we were going to evacuate the place and they send them all away so that I can not pay for the letters that I am sending you, but as soon as I can get any I shall commence to pay for the letter. Dear I have no news to tell you now. I shall just end my letter by wishing you all the good that the world can afford you and try to take good care for yourselves so nothing more at present, but remain your affectionate husband untill death
John Garibaldi

Write to me as soon as you get this letter and direct your letters all the time to Mr. John Garibaldi, Comapny C., 27th Va. Regt.

Enclose you will find two dollars which you will keep and make use of it as necessity requires you.

To Mrs. Sarah A.V. Garibaldi.

Dear you must write to me at least once a week so good by Dear Wife.

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Confederate States of America. Army—Virginia Infantry Regiment, 27th
Correspondence

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