Letter to Chloe Unity Blair with inclusion from A. Blair

Booker, James, 1840-1923, and Blair, A.. Letter to Chloe Unity Blair with inclusion from A. Blair
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July the 14, 1861

Dear cousin

I have no doubt
But what you think by my long silence
that I have forgoten you tho Ill have
you to know thatsuchis not the case I
have bin waiting to find out whare we had
to be stationed we are at winchester, now
I dont know how long weel have
to stay [unclear: here] , I am in hopes that
we will stay here for some time,
we have elegant water and a
plenty of it, and a plenty of good
pervision so far, and a fine chance of
beutyful young Ladies, and the kind
est that I ever saw in my life,
and the most beautiful Country
that I ever saw thay have fine
Crops over here, and not [unclear: mutch]
likely hood of a fight the yankeys

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has gone back to martainsburg and
it is thought if we get them we
will have to go after them,
a young man that belong to our
Regement got shot yesterday eavening
accedently, and died this eavening the
young man that shot him is a bout
to greve him self to deth about it
Thay are both from martinburg I dont
know neither of them,

I will close my letter for I cant think
of any thing to write that will [ inrest]
interest you gave my love to miss
Jinnie Danniel and tel her that I am
very gladto think that thare one Lady
in Pittsylvania that hasent forgoten me
gave [ my] love to all of my sweat
hearts and share a good por tions for
your self

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Tel them cowardly boys that
lives in your neighbour hood to
look sharp, the drafted malitia
is coming in dayley I am sarr[ ow] [ y]
for the cowards thay make them
work so hard throwing up brestworks

this is from your affectionate
Cousin

James Booker

Please excuse bad speling and writing
Direct your letters to
Winchester Virginia
in Care of Col Edmons¹