Near Sisters Ferry GA
Feb 3 /65
Dear Charlotte
You will see by this that we are at Sisters Ferry yet. The swamps are so filled with water that we cant go untill we build a road. The first and third divitions and the 14 corps have worked at it ever since we came here and I dont know how much longer it will take. Those bad roads are in South Carolina. The rebs have put torpetoes in the road so it is verry dificult travling. They bury them in the sand. I dont know how we will get along this sumer among the swamps. Nothing but swamp water to drink. It is verry poor. The water is verry much the collor of lye. It does verry well now but when warm weather comes it will be verry bad and unhealthy. There has ben a large fire in Savannah since we left. It was set by Wheelers cavelry. Some of them went in with Union uniforms pretending to be straglers from the 20th corps. Capt Sage brought us a new flag presented by the ladies of Binghamton. I guess this one will last our times out. It has ben cold here. We call it cold. It froze ice half an inch thick on the swamps. It is verry warm now. It rains some to day. I received your letter of Jan 17th last evening. I was verry glad to hear from you once more before we have to march. You stated in your letter that you could sell our place for 15 dollars per acre. I dont want to sell it for less than $20 per acre. I think it is worth that and it will soone be worth more but if you can get $20 per acre you may sell it. I am in no hurry to sell it. I think we can pay for it next pay day. You say you have got 40 dollars now and I have sent you $100 from Savannah and I will try and send you $80 more next payday besides my wages. So I think we can shurely pay for it. I have writen twice about the 100 dollars I sent from Savannah but you may not get eather so I will write about it again. You will find it in the express office at Binghamton. I hope you will get it all safe. I think you will. It will help us some. How do you get along this winter. Have you got plenty fire wood. How I would like to be home a fiew days to see how you live and see the folks. If I was onely free I could make quite a fortune in eight months bit I am not so I have got to make the best of it. If I can onely come out with a whole head I shall cosider myself a luckey child. Still I think I am coming out safe and sound. I dont know as I can write again untill after the march. I think we must leave here soone. Write often and tell me all the news. I have got to go after rations now so no more. My love to you dear Charlotte. Good buy.
Charles
We dont get but half rations now.