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Corporal Titus Moss Letters, September 1862 – March 1863 Page 54 face and comb his hair. It is almost time for me to do it. S is out on picket or he would have written to L today. I hope you will have good lick at New H. You will give me an account of your trip when you have time and whether our turkeys were any better than usual. We have not seen any of the things sent by Mr. Hinsdale yet. I think he will either fetch them here or send them home again. I hope he will make his appearance here before long. 4. It’s almost time for me to get ready for parade. I will finish this tonight or in the morning if nothing happens. It is evening I have a bright fire burning in front of our cabin. Frank is out somewhere and to Henry is sick tonight, has a bad bowel complaint. I have been to se the surgeon and have some medicine for him. I shall take as good care of him as I can, hope he will be better in the morning. Please tell Howard he must be a good boy at home and at school andwhen I come home I will try to bring him a union ball if I do not have an opportunity to send one before. I should like dearly to to give Emma a kiss but you will have to do it for the present. I think the pigs first rate. Did you get a small pig this fall? If you did not I am glad as it will make less work. If there is any way you can favor yourself do by all means as a great deal depends on you now. May the day speedily come when I can bear a part of your cares. Tell Carrie if she will work as hard at rubbing herself as I have patching the knee of my pants it may be her good. I am going to try to mend one of mystockings tomorrow. There has never been a holein them until we took this march. Good Night From your affectionate husband Titus Moss Wednesday Morning Dec I have got a nice fire burning in front of our cabin and I thought I would write a few by its light. I do not think H Dolittle is any better this morning. I have done the best I can for him buthe is so weak he can hardly walk. I am in hopes he will get better soon. Perhaps you would like to know how we live now. When we first stopt here we were quite short of food. Our crackers was counted so to be shure we did not get to many. Crackers and pork with coffee was all we had for some days so that do the best we could we could not keep a lunch ahead. So as Reuben Benham says we thought we had better make a little calculation. I had a chance to go and help butcher some beef and got half the pluck and some meat of from the head in all quite a pile. We boiled it in a pan amd then cut it in small pieces and fry with pork. I suppose our appetites correspond with food. I never had food taste better. It is roll call. Titus I find that it is time this is in the office From your husband The Cheshire Historical Society Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 http://www.cheshirehistory.org April 2005
Corporal Titus Moss Letters, September 1862 – March 1863 Page 55 Letter Number 29 written by Titus Moss on 29 December 1862 Monday Dec 29 7 miles from camp My Dear Wife We had marching orders Saturday evening. Left camp yesterday morning I suppose to intercept some rebel cavalry that are prowling in this vicinity but when we catch them it will be after now. One how- ever was caught yesterday by a boy from Maine. They were both on horseback the rebel struck our boy across the back of his fingers cutting them considerable but before he could repeat the blow he had a pistol close to his head. He dropped his sword and ask for quarter. This affray was 12 or 13 miles from our camp. I understand there was quite a fight between the rebel cavalry and our own in the morning. The one that was captured got parted from the rest and said he had been asleep when our boy found him. We were near by and saw him when he brought in his prisoner. He had his hand done up with his handkerchief and holding onto the rebel’s coat with his pistol close to his 2. head. Our surgeon dressed his hand for him and Gen. Kane took care of his prisoner and told him that the rebel sword was his. We were put on the back track about 5 or 6 miles just at night and are now waiting for orders. It is almost morning just like a spring morning at home. We sleep in the woods last night. I think it is strange that a man from Cheshire can not come here without our having to leave the first thing. Mr. Hotchkiss and Spencer around at camp Saturday afternoon. I did not have much opportunity to see him as almost all wanted to get a chance and we had to leave in the morning. I was sorry that hie boys were not with us. It seems to me he would be disappointed at not finding them. I do not know but do know they were not with us. He had the money and paper that you sent. The money that you sent by Mr. Hinsdale I got by way of the suttler. The other things we may get if we stay in our present camp but if we go on to the front we shall not. I payed the cook 2 dollars of the first you sent and he has gone home. I shall not need any more money for a long time unlefs some 3. thing happens to me. You wished to know all about my cloths. I have thrown away one of those wrappers and one pr of draws. The other things I have here and in camp. The oldest pr stockings are getting some small holes in the heels but I have got the yarn you put in with the other things to mend them with. The letter you The Cheshire Historical Society Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 http://www.cheshirehistory.org April 2005
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