Civil War Letters
of
Chauncey Simmons

     April the 27 1863
 Dear driends  I reseved your
leters last night and was glad
to from you   I am quite smart
and hope that this will find you
the same   I got your leters both
at a time and will answer them
in this   It is warm down
hear now but the wind rises
in the midle of the day sow that
it is not so bad as it mite be
I wish that I was there to run[?]
a doubleheter from the  ____
up home again as we did last
spring   If I ever git home
I shal now how to take
comfort   I think time will
tell the story   it is pirty
sickly down hear now   our first
lutenant died last night   he has          Lt. George G.
ben sick a long time   Capt                Donnelly died
                                             4/27/63
___ is out of health
now but is around   our regiment                
is coming back hear to
Brashear City   some of them is
hear now   the rest of them 
will be hear tomorrow   I think
they was ordered back to drive
cattle and horses and mules   the
army is some 150 miles from
hear   they drove evry thing before
them   they left on doubleqick
and left evry thing   wee think
that wee have got thare suplies
cutof now from Texas   our men
is near charleston on redriver
they had a hard march   some
of our men is wounded but
not bad   thare was two kild
one was James Hill that lived     James Hill, Co. H,
to ____   the ball went rite      from Smithville,
thrue his head   wee now not      KIA 4/13/63 at
how long wee shall stay hear      Ft. Bisland, LA.
likeanough all sumer   I got

that money all rite   never
mind the box   wee have now
four month pay due now   I
think wee shall git it in
a week or to   you think that
I must ben out of ___ when
I rote that leter   I dont now
how you or what you are a doing
I think that it wold be
a good plan for ____
to hitch on to Serah for
his sake and hers   what is
babyese name   I think it
out to be eave
Did you have to by hay this
spring   Harris has had to
take a gun and travel on
he is well   Ury is as tough
as an owl   he probly will
be lutenant now   he makes
a good ordilie I think   tell
Clem that I want him
to rite me a leter   tell

him that if I was
up to his hows I wold tell
him that ole skiper is
the nose foe one week with
us   I wish you could see
the shuger and cotton that our
folks has taken   it is nice
prisnors is all the while
coming down   they say that
they are glad they are taken
they take the oath some of them
never to fight ous again
the band is now playing for
the funeral   this is all           Lt. Donnelly?
for this time   pleas
answer this soon
give my love to all of the
inquiring friends   allso to
your selvs
     Chauncey Simmons