Dear Wife
I take this opertunity to write you a few lines to let you know where I am and how I am.  We are at Wawbash Camp Ground 12 miles from dublin depot waiting for further orders . I am well and hearty at this time. I have got well or very near so of the cold I had when I last wrote to you but I am very tired and sleepy to day. We marched about 20 miles yesterday and last night I had to stand guard and it thundered and rained here like forty. This is the first time I have stood guard since I been in the army.

I have been looking for a letter from you for 2 or 3 days but have not seen it yet. I have wrote you three letters since I left home and this is the fourth. Last Thursday all of a suden we were ordered to cook two day rations and be ready to march at 4 o clock next morning which we did and came here in two days. I dont know how far it is but I guess it is about 35 miles. I stood the march very well although it was awful hot yesterday. There is but 2 of our company sick now James Crocket we left in the hospital at rocky Gap, he has the Pneumonia, and Bransom Murray was taken sick night before last and we brought him in a waggon to his place I think he also has the pneumonia.

I dont know where we are going but we think we are going to Heath. This is the greatest objection I have to the war we never know where we are going nor any thing about it, we are sometimes ordered to leave and dont even know which way we are going. We heard since we came here that the Yankees are falling back from about lewisburg and vicinity. Heath is at the salt sulphur springs and it was rumered yesterday through the regiment that we were going there but I dont know anything about it.
I have no news of importance to write to you, but I hope you will write soon and let me know how you all are and how you get along since I left home. tel me how Cooper and Jace & the baby comes on & etc. Give me the news from the war & etc. You wanted me to come home if I could. This is a thing I would like to do if I had it in my power. I would be glad to see you all and spend a few hours with you. But at present I cant tell when I can enjoy such a privilige.

Make yourselves as contented as possible about me, and always remember me in your prayers and also remein ber that we are all in the hands of the great Creator of the universe and if we are never permited to meet on Earth again we may if we serve him meet in heaven as for my part I feel willing to trust myself in his hands to do with me as 
he sees best.

Write to me all of you.
Direct your letter this way
Thos. W Fisher dublin depot Pulaski Co. Va Incare of Capt Wm A Yannce Company C 51st regt Va. Volunteers

Since our regt was organised the letter of our company is changed it used to be company E, but now it is Company C from Your Affectionate husband and lover
Thos W Fisher
 

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