Corporal Titus Moss Letters - Cheshire Historical Society

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
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