Atlanta
Oct 31rd /64
Dear Charlotte
I seat myself this evening to write you a fiew lines to informe you that I am well. When I wrote you last I had a hard cold but I am well again now and much hope you are all enjoying good health. I have looked for a letter the last two mails but got none. The last I got was mailed the 15th and I have writen two since then. This will make three. It must be that I will get one soone. There has about 40 of our recruits arived. Ed Fairbrother Achcend(?) Jule Adison and two or three more from Vestal are here and some one else I never expected to see. It is Silas West. You must know him. He is one of my old schoolmates. I hadent seene him in 15 years. Some of them are reather down at the mouth and I dont know as I blame them for they are a great ways from home. Sile West is in verry good spirits. I think he will make a good tough soldier. He is coming in Co B if he can. The rest of them will be here soone. We have enough before us to make us all feele reather down harted. It is a campaign. We all think they are making preperations to march as fast as posible. We dont know when we will start but I think within ten days. There is all sorts of rhumers of the whereabouts but we cant tell eneything about where we are going. The orders are to prepare for a fifty days march. I guess it will turn out to be a regular winter campaign. Sherman is not the man to lay still long. We have no Mcclelen winter quarters here and he on a gun boat. Them are plaied out. I dont care where we go. Eney way to put down this rebellion. It dont wory me at all. I hate some to leave my good tent but staying here wont be whipping the rebs. It will come reather hard on the recruits to march and fight the first thing. They will have a chance to earn some of their big bounty. Ed Fairbrother has ben drafted since he left home. He is the same old sixpence yet. He like some of the rest. Seas and thinks cant stand it to march. They dont know what they can do and what hardships they can endure till they are obliged to. I dont think some of them can stand it. We was musterd again to day for two months more pay. They cant muster us but five times more and then it will be muster out. That will be the best muster. They owe me now again over 50 dollars clothing money and two months pay $36. I hope you will soone get a check to draw that 120 dollars and them four I sent in a letter. Let me know as soon as you get it. I wish when you get the money you would send me a pair of suspenders. I have none but some old things and I cant posibly get along without them. Dear Charlotte I want to see you all verry much but the time is fast pasing away. But I think of home a great deal more than I uest to. The nearer my time is out the more anxious I am to get where I can see you. I must close. I will write again before we march and let you know all I can find out about it. Kiss the babies for me. Good buy dear Charlotte.
Chas Engle