Corporal Titus Moss Letters - Cheshire Historical Society

Corporal Titus Moss Letters, September 1862 – March 1863 Page 65
Letter Number 34 written by Titus Moss on 12 January 1863
Fairfax Station J 12 th Monday Morning No 13th
My Dear Wife
I belaive the boys are all fast asleep this morning. I have kindle a
fire and thought best to begin a letter to go home. There is nothing
particular that I know of to write. Samuel was very comfortable
yesterday and will be to day as he has sleep pretty good if he does
not have chills except a cough which is rather troublesome and a
soreness in the top of his head caused by coughing. Mr. Judd left
here yesterday afternoon for New Haven. He heard of his father’s
death and said he should go to Prospect. I ask him to go up to our
house if he could. Consistently, he said he would. I thought you
would like to see a man that had been here. I conclude he is in
company with Mr. H. He thought he should be here in eight or ten
days. If Lottie could send
2. a small package of something that would help to releave a cough
it would be twice welcome. We can not get anything here. Monday
Evening. I did not know when I wrote these lines in the morning
that Frank was sick though I notice that he made a little noise as if
he felt bad but did not think anything of it. He was out on picket
Saturday night. I was a very wet night and he took coald and has
considerable fever. Dr. has been here once and is coming this
evening again. I am in hopes and think he will not be very sick
with fever if we take good care of him. I am afraid that rheumatisis
will get hold of him but hope not. I shall do the best I can to make
him comfortable. Samuel and Henry are able to go about camp a
little and wait on themselves.
Brooks does most of the cooking and occasionally fills the
canteens. I think he is trouble with the disease of the heart. He is
obliged to be very moderate in exercise. He has shod my boots for
me with those things you sent. They
3. will last all winter now. All the patients are sleeping nicely
except Brook. I read a letter in the Paladium from an officer of the
20 th regt giving a description of our march from Loudon. It is true
we did not have anything to share and our crackers were carefully
counted to be sure that each man did get more than his share. There
was one advantage we had no trouble in deciding what to eat. WE
had pork and fried crackers for breakfast dry crackers and raw pork
for supper and coffee at each meal. I thinkI did not taste anything
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