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Staford Court House Vergenia
January 24 1863

Dear Wife

I seat myself on a stump this morning to pen you a few 
lines to let you know where we ar we was ordered
to march last monday we started about noon 
and have been marching ever since till last 
night it rained all of the time and the mud 
was about one foot deep we had to wade in 
through in mud and water through the day 
then lay dow wherever night overtook us so
when we got here last night we wer the
worst looking set of men I ever saw or any
body els we are going to stop here a while
but do not know how long but hope we shall 
not move again very soon I stood the march
much better than I expected to my feet and 
leggs swelled very bad I bought me a new
pair of boots a few days before we started
my feet swelled up so I could not geet
my boots off for five days I do not know 
what I shall do with them but shall try