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John McCoy, letter, to Martha McCoy, 1864 December 3
ms-number: MS-605_28
I received your kind
letter dated the 7th. day before yesterday
which makes the third since I came
here.
letter dated the 7th. day before yesterday
which makes the third since I came
here.
My health is very poor indeed
as I have been confined to my bunk
about ever since I have been in this
place.
as I have been confined to my bunk
about ever since I have been in this
place.
If I only had something
nourishing to strengthen me I think
I should get along pretty fast, as ⇑I am
feeling a great deal better, but am
very weak.
nourishing to strengthen me I think
I should get along pretty fast, as ⇑I am
feeling a great deal better, but am
very weak.
We have not been paid off yet
but expect the Paymaster along
by the first of next week.
but expect the Paymaster along
by the first of next week.
I wish you would send me some
postage stamps and some newspapers
when you can conveiniently.
postage stamps and some newspapers
when you can conveiniently.
You need not expect me home
on a furlough as I think it is an
imposibility of my getting one.
on a furlough as I think it is an
imposibility of my getting one.
Hopeing you will write
as quick as this comes to hand
as quick as this comes to hand
I remain
Your husband
John Mc. Coy.
John Mc. Coy.