p.

David did not seem to really remem-
ber what it was that he threw out, but
said he threw away that seemed [underline]hurt-
ing[/underline]; by thine I see that only the Cherries
were sacrificed; so I feel pretty well.
I hope Aunt Pauline & George will go
and that they will have a good time.
Give my love to them, if they are still at
home. I have not heard from Henry in
a long time but notice that when I do
his courage seems good. If Timothy
is anxious to enter the Army at all
I think he must see ample opportunity
to do so now, since the massacre at
Lawrence. I must not write of that
for when I do I am led to say things
which would not sound like the prin-
ciples under which I was reared.
Nothing more inhuman has been done
during the course of this War, I think.
Thomas does not intend to send one
of his Brothers to the war in this place, and
for this I honor him, though it is no worse
for us to go, than others, and the money

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goes to him [someone?]. With the
experience I have of the Army, even my
love of it would not induce me to
come if drafted, inless circumstances
placed a practical difficulty in the
way of my exemption. I have not seen
Obe yet, and it is really not time for
me to do so, as he will be likely to
stop at N.Y. a few days with his old
mess-mates. I have hardly heard
Philander named since I came in-
to the Army before and did not know
where he was Located, or who was at
the Mills. Aldin Forcross I think
would be a good hand there.

It does exasperate the inhabitants
some to lose their vegetables, but their
sentiments are too openly avowed to al-
low us any misgivings. When on the
march, we procured Forage for the An-
imals in the same way only paying
for it where the owner would subscribe
to the Oath of Allegiance and most of
them would do this for the price of