Monday, October 19, 1863 - Cowan Station, Tennessee

#35

Cowan Station Tenn.

Oct 19^th 1863

Dear Wife

I now seat myself not to answer any of your letters for I have not received any sence I wrote to you before, the last that I got from you was mailed the 25^th of Sept. So you see that we do not get the maile very regular; but I hope there is some letters on the road somewhare that I shall get after a while: I write now to let you know how and whare I am; I am well as usual this morning and hope when this reaches you it will find you all the same. I am now in Tennasee at Cowan Station on the Nashville and Charleston Rail Road. we are here to guard a bridge on the Rail Road the Rebs have burnt a number of bridges on this road since we have been out here. we are so far away that we do not get the news as we used to in Va have not had but one maile since we left old Va am in hopes to get a letter from you soon shall look for one every day untill it comes. it is plesant here to day we have had the last week three rainy days with a good deal of thunder I think it rained a part of the time harder than I ever saw it before it fairly come down in whole sheats of water: you tell Jo Clark that if he wants to hunt Pigeons here is the place for him to do it for the trees are loaded with them you spoke about one certain Mr Fowler Young Bill I mean not haveing a very good name I should like to have you explain what the trouble is with him in your next. I sent you ten dollars in the last letter I sent you before and will send you six dollars in this I want you should take good care of yourself and children. You spoke about the taxes being more than the Interest if you put the money in the Bank be that as it may I think you had better slide about a cool hundred into the Bank that is if you can spare that much. It will be time for you to draw your thirty dollars the first of Nov so I think you can get along if you put a hundred in the Bank. however do as you think best. some of our boys that ware taken prisnors at Chancellorville have got back to Regiment Edmond and Levi Purple have got back Levi is rather feeble seams to be a good deal off the looks; you asked me in your other letter what I thought about you bying four cords of wood. I think you had better do it and not be bothered after it gets to be cold weather, you also wanted to know what I thought about the war coming to a close. what little I know about it. I should not say that it looks faverable for coming to a close very soon but I hope it may for I should like to call round and see you once more. So good day My love to you all and Lots of Kisses for you all.

From your Husband

A.C. Smith