Letter to Sarah Garibaldi (Poor)

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Letter regards general news and life in camp.

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English

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Camp Stonewall Brigade
December 16, 1863

Dear Wife
It is with great pleasure that I seat myself down this beautiful day to write you these few lines in order to let you know that I am well at this time and hope that when these few lines will come to hands they may find you enjoying the same state of health. I have written you several letters for which I have not yet received any answer. I hope that you will not put it off writing when you get this letter.

I have no news to tell you of any importance at this time only that we are laying still in camp doing nothing. I suppose you have heard that George Gilbert was wounded in the battle of Germana Ford on the 27 of November last in one of his legs only a flesh wound but it was a pretty bad one. I have written you in one of my previous letters that George Poor was wounded on the same day pretty bad but not mortally. They were both send out to the hospital but don't know where. George Tingler is getting better and he is now near just about as well as ever. Thomas W. Rose was send to the hospital sick little better than a month ago and he is in Lynchburg, Virginia General hospital number two.

You will please to try to get me some socks, some red pepper, some soap and send them to me by the next opportunity offered. You will please to send me also one of them comforts that I send home last Spring by Lee Persinger and my Catholic prayer book as soon as you can. We will draw our pay in two or three weeks from now and will send you some money by the next chance I'll get.

I do not know what time I will get chance to come home this winter there is good many before me to get furloughs yet and they are letting might few to go home at time now only one out every fifty is allowed to go home at time but I hope that after while they will grant them more numerous and will then have chance myself to get one.

I will finish my letter by giving you mother and Sister my best respects and remain your affectionate husband untill death.
John Garibaldi

Give my best respects to Lee Persinger and Terry and to all the neibors. So good by.

Subjects:

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

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