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Corporal Titus Moss Letters, September 1862 – March 1863 Page 28 at six Oclock in the morning but have to wait four hours for the new guard purpose to salute officers of rank 5. if any come along. These ceremonies were on the men with a good many others. We are obliged to keep on our belt box canteen and haversack over 24 hours when on guard all together it is quite a load to carry so long. I believe that if all the leading men in the government had the fore and pray of privates the war would be ended in a short time. Mr. Samuel Hitchcock and Mr.Anart ? are here. I was very much supprised to see them. When I have finished this I am going to find them and find out how matters are moving in Ches. The hut business is going on quite briskly they are to be like the roof of a building set on the ground. The fire is in the outside a flue running through under the ground a chimney on the outside at the other side. The hut is 20 feet long there are to be 60 of them. I got yours and Carries letters last night. Shall answer them the first opportunity. May the blessing of heaven be with us and keep and direct us where ever we go. From your loving husband Titus Moss The Cheshire Historical Society Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 http://www.cheshirehistory.org April 2005
Corporal Titus Moss Letters, September 1862 – March 1863 Page 29 Letter Number 14 written by Titus Moss on 22 October 1862 Camp Near Sandy Hook O 22th 62 My Dear Wife You will see that I have dated my letter different than usual. We are on our old ground but Sandy Hook is nearer than Harpers Ferry. Our tent is torn down to make room for our new houses and Frank and I are lying under our rubber blankets in one of them that is partly done. We can make them very comfortable by stopping the cracks with mud and put-ing a quantity of dirt on top. There will be room to put up a shelf in center and stand erect besides. This I shall prize for it is not convenient for a stif jointed man like me to go into a wood chucks hole. The huts are 20 by 16 feet and it is quite a job to build 50 of them. The one we intend to occupy will be done tomorrow only the convenient 2. I mean the improvements we can make inside. I do not know who all of our room mates are. Mr. Keler spok to me and others there will be 18 to a hut, and I hope that we shall not be moved from here if it is not necessary till we move towards home. God grant that may be in a short time, the shorter the better to suit me. Only I want the war done with first. Samuel is on guard today. That duty comes rather often now there are so many detailed for work. You need not look for my poutch for I shall keep it hung to my neck while I am well. I am glad to here that Edwin Pond is so pleasantly situated. I have not been into a house but one since we left New Haven not sit in a chair only to one meal. Our bedsted is ground with a little straw, not enough for a dog’s bed but for five men. I think he must make a good deal out of a little or else the soldiers near Alexandra have better accommodations than they do 3. near Sandy Hook. I hope Dr. medicine will have a good effect on Carrie. If she was well she would help you much more than she can now. You have thought as I have about Lottie’s mother. It has seemed to me that she would get well again, but I am almost afraid to hear. It seems pleasant to me that I staid with you nights as you would be company on for the other. I earnestly hope her mother will soon be well so that she can come back again. Does Lauren find market for the potatoes readaly. What does he think about the cabbage is much trouble to sell them. It seems to me it would better to sell one pig soon if you have not. You can advise with friends at home. I hope Mr. Moss will have plenty of work for the steers and will use them so that they may partly pay for their keeping. I don’t ever expect to pay him for all he is doing me and The Cheshire Historical Society Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 http://www.cheshirehistory.org April 2005
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