Corporal Titus Moss Letters - Cheshire Historical Society

Corporal Titus Moss Letters, September 1862 – March 1863 Page 66
except what I have mentioned but once for eleven or twelve days
except one small piece of fresh beef and some meat we took when
we started. I never eat food with a better relish and did not think as
I was suffering from hungereither. I suppose the officers had to
live like the soldiers and there living was courser than some of
them liked. I don’t think they got a great deal of whis- key. It is
regulation that the surgeon shal
4. provide himself with a flask of liquor for soldiers that tire out or
sick on the road. It is my opinion that some of the officers get more
than wornout soldiers. The shoes are miserable, many of them are
worn out in three weeks. The shoes that I brought with me were
worth four pairs of them that were furnished at Loudon.
Tuesday MorningFrank says he feels better than he did yesterday
and is sleeping quietly now. I feel sure that has got rheumatism
about him but am verymuch in hopes that it will not be very bad. It
is a hard place for a sick man and do the best you can. We make
our beds of pine twigs and old bent grass that we cut with our
knives. The boys have take n turns so that one of us has been up all
the time. It is my earnest prayer that my life and health may be
spared and that I may be of some little use among my fel- lows and
at home. The desire to be obliging makes me quite content and
happy. I shall look for a letter tonight and hope to that you are
well. May God give you health and wisdom toguiode your family
aright. I think
Top of page 1 of you every day. I wish to be remembered to all
friends and Granmother Humiston in par- ticular. I wish Howard
send word how he got on at school. Kiss both the children for your
husband Titus
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