Corporal Titus Moss Letters - Cheshire Historical Society

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Corporal Titus Moss Letters, September 1862 – March 1863 Page 48 Letter Number 25 written by Titus Moss on 13 December 1862 No 4 Loudon Valley Wednesday Morning Dec.13 th My Dear Jennett I have got up a little earlier than usual so that I could send you a few lines by mail this morning. I am quite well. S has some cold. Frank is pretty well now. Samuel out to night went out yesterday morning and sent a letter back to camp for me to put into the office for his wife who is in Cheshire now, I suppose. I was taken by surprise last night about 7 oclock to hear that a box had come into camp for me as it was wholly unexpected. I hasten down to the Sutter tent where the team slept and found it was even so I got mine and steered a short course to our tent and took off the top of the box and founda welcome letter which I read before proceeding further. Afterwards examined the box and found the contents mentioned in letter except the chicken pie which was soon handed in. Every thing was in best of shape we shall examined some of the things closer this morning. S&F received letters 2. from home Dec. 2th. Samuels was dated Oct. 29 I think from his wife another from Sister Hannah. A day or two later mine was Nov. 3. I think all the important in this you have ask in more recent letters. I shall be very glad if you will get a set of furs and wish you to get those that will be desireable when you are about it. I know nothing of the price but do not think that it policy to buy cheap things that are worn as much as furs are. I am glad you got your money from the town. I had heard that the select men did not like to pay it. I hope this is not so for there must be many that need it to make them comfortable. I think I can safely say that I have not received more than five papers from you. There is a daily paper brought into camp so that we can get some idea of what is going on in the line of the war. I forgot to number the last letter that I sent. It was number 3 and I think put in the office Dec. 1th. I should ask S if he expected pay anything towards Sisters rent but he is not here. The slip is in my name and if Father M do not pay a part you will have to pay it all. I think that if the collector calls 3. on you you had better pay it. I do not doubt but they will make it all right. We are unusually busy now making preparations for winter. Are drilling 4 hours a day and at work the rest. I will speak again of the box when I have time. I send these few lines because I thought that if Leottie got S. letter you would think that the box had not got here yet. No more this morning From your affectionate 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 49 Letter Number 26 written by Titus Moss on 6 December 1862 Loudon Valley Dec 6 No. 5 My dear wife, It is a wintry day here the ground is covered with snow about four inches in depth and the wind is blowing quite hard so that it really seems like winter. S & F have gone out this morning but they occupy the spring frost every day and have a cabin that is quite comfortable. I cooked their breakfast for them this morning. Every thing was covered with snow so that the cook was not like to have breakfast in time for the picket so I took some of the chicken pie and turkey with some meal and a little potato we had save of our yesterday dinner and warmed it in a small pan that I have so that they had a good breakfast to start on. I tell you we are living high for soldiers on the things you sent. They all came in a good condition as when they started. The bread in particular was as fresh as if it had been baked yesterday 2. and then we have soft bread a part of the time and I have learned to cook a pretty good meal from hard bread by frying it in a little grease and considerable water for they are thirsty things. They are very good especially if we a little pork to cook with them. There is one difficulty that is in our cabin. We have new cabin made of logs but space between the logs are not filled yet and the roof is not on. I think I spoke of building a hut in my last letter but were stopt because the Gen. wanted (system?). When we first came here we undertook to build after the Gen. plan but the timber was not right and enough of it to carry out his plan and we gave it up and most of the men built coal cabins. Now he says they must be built and Capt. G has detached ten men to build them. We have two ready for the roof and to the sides. We are not doing any thing today. The snow sifts in on my paper occasionally. I am glad that money has come from California. I had given up as lost. Should like to know how much it was and how it came. Have you heard from 3. brother George R since I came away. Do not fail to get your furs, and of all things take care of your health. Do not keep to late hours if you can avoid it. Did you get a small paper that I sent to Howard? Hows does the Sabbath school get along? What is going to be done at Christmas? I have often thought of your stove but never think to ask any think about it. I hope it does well. I shall look for a letter now until I get one. Hope Carrie will be better. I do not feel a bit like writing have some headaches today. I think I have not had any of it before since I left home. Dec. 7 I intended to have finished this yesterday but did feel like but am as well usual today. I had some symptoms of jaundice. Some of them are pains The Cheshire Historical Society Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 http://www.cheshirehistory.org April 2005
Page 1 and 2: Corporal Titus Moss Letters Septemb
Page 3 and 4: Corporal Titus Moss Letters, Septem
Page 47: Corporal Titus Moss Letters, Septem
Page 97: Corporal Titus Moss Letters, Septem

Corporal Titus Moss Letters - Cheshire Historical Society

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?