p.

You do not write anything of Uncle T's
folks so I suppose they are well as usual.
Mary writes real good letters and so do you
all, and I wish I could reply to them in a
way so that you could send them oftener.

The writes that Orlana Staid with Thos.
while thee was away. She works in very well
once in a while. Give my love to Uncle
and Aunt Orcutt, as well as to Uncle T.'s
folks. When I get my extra Pay, I shall
write Thos. though he has not answered
my last to him; does he draw the seven
[?] Mo. correctly? We get only one dollar in
Specie this time from the Government &
that only to make the change as the Treas-
ury Notes are not less than 5's. Our Brigade
is now supplied with tents which come
to pieces, so that each man can carry his
part on his Knapsack, in case of an ad-
vance, but they still retain their large
ones to use in a permanent Camp -
One or two men of our Co. are discharged
and will start for home, now they have
their pay; two have already gone. Please
write soon and direct as before as, though
I am a mile from the Co. I can ride over
most every day, if I choose to.

Thine, As ever

W. B. Stevens.

For R. B. Stevens