Oct 2,1862 Dear Mary, I seat myself to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and I hope those few lines may find you as well as me. I received to letters from you since I last wrote and I was glad to here from you but I was very sorry to learn that the (?) a difficult. Between you and your father and I don't know of what to say about it I new what the difficult was about you have never rote any thing about it that I have got only that the (?) agreed for you to stay if you would furnish your own provisions that's the first and last I have heard of there being any difficult Well Mary I can't be with you so you must manage to suit yourself if I don't get sad. Disappointed I well send you (?) dollars in a few days and hope you can live independent. (Page Two) There will be 4 months wages due us tommorow and tha are waiting to pay us for 4 months at a time. I expect to draw 52 dollars in a few days and I will start 60 to you. I had no safe way of sending money and didn't no you was need! ing it as bad and was expecting to get paid in a few days so I giv 10 dolars in cash for 15 dolars at payday and got a new 20 dolar watch to keep in security to it is out of my power to send you any money till we get paid there is to be a government agent here to take our money to Indinoplis and I will have him to express mine to Memphis. I want you when you get the money to pay your father for your bord and then if tha don't want to keep you go some other plase and I will send money to pay your way. I don't want anybody to keep you for nothing it no my intention for any body for any body to keep you for nothing. I want you to rite what the (?) was about. (Page Three) I expect you have (?) a leter about it that I haven't got it. Mary I wish the time role round that I could come home and I wold try to provide some way for you to live and I think I cold live hapy. We have no comfort here the only consolation I have is thinking how happy I will be if I am so lucky as to get hom! with you and (?) again. Well Mary I think if we ever get to keeping house again we will no how to enjoy life and I think we will ware the rebles out against, spring and get to come home. It seems to be the general opinion that the rebles can't possible hold up much longer is no corn or stock to be found any where about and the rebles is bound to starve out. There is no chance for anybody to get a furlo only wounded if tha get sick tha are either discharged or sent to hospital. I didn't happen to get any wounds at battle tha I was covered (Page Four) with blood from the wounded fellow soldiers by my side John Hodrite? Fell dead at my feet George Powers wound on one side of me and David Baker on the other and while I was on my nees loading my gun Lige Marten? (?) was has his head split open with a canon ball and fell across me covering me with blood and bones and there was very (?) of our regiment came of without (?) a mark either in skin or (?) close. General Hurlbert? Has b! een promoted to distrct? General and General Ord? Takes his place. Direct you leters to 4th division 2 brig 53 IND VOL Co E. Your last leter wasn't in care of Captin Peck and that other Morgan got it but brought it to me before he opened it. W.C. Morgan Letter to Wife Mary (Townsend) Morgan