December the 21 64

in camp at Pungo Landing well here I am well and harty and hope that you are all well , I got your leter to or three days ago you rote that you herd that I was lame all that I have ben lame was to or three days in one of my legs and that was not as bad as I have had it at home , so you see that you have had all that worring for nothing , you wanted me to rite how I was that I do every time my health is a great deal better than I thought it would be in the army and I like it first rate , we are in a good place now and shall stay here some time there is nothing to do but a little guard duty and that is to keep contraband goods from going in to the country where we dont want them to go we are with in five miles of the line between the state of North Carolina and Virginia our people have held this part of the state for to years so there is no rebs in these part we by all of the fresh fish that we want and all of the milk and all of the fresh meat and sweet potatoes that we want and we have a first rate time , Lorenzo and I have a log house of our own with a brick fire place and a good bed and lots of blankets and we have things in__ ?__ you will laugh but it is trew , you wanted me to get a furlo but I dont want one I am going to stay and see this thing threw and then when the time is up that I enlisted for then I shall come home for the war will be over in a short time and I feal a great deal more like a man here than I should at home seatr all most to death at the DRAFT tell the copperheads that they will have to come when Old Abe says the ward and seymore cant save them now por seart(?) creatures oh where is Little Mae , tell John Treat to raise a boy for it is war times and he must do somethin for his country and it may be as well be that as enny thing else , there is not mutch news to rite the weather has ben verry nice there has not ben enny snow nor mutch cold weather you rote that would sent me a box if I wanted I can get all of the things here as well and as cheap so there is no wead of it I have got some under shirts and all the stockings and all the clothes that I want and I have got the money to by all that I want to eat and half of the boxes dont come through so you see that I dont pay , I think that Lorenso is foolish to have one sent tell John to rite to me in the next leter Clara rote that he had ben sick I hope he is well and seeing to the colt the reason that I did not get a horse when Lorenso did was he got to camp stoneman and I not go there
 

 Theron Treat

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