Letter from Thomas Taylor to his wife, Sarah E. Alexander Taylor, from Fairfax Station, 
Sept. 15, 1861, Autauga, Alabama

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June 2003

Fairfax Station
Sept. 15th, 1861. 

My Dear Devoted Wife: 
	I know you would be glad to hear from me at any time & opportunity & as I have now a 
chance of sending you a letter by Mr. Hicks. I will with pleasure do so.  I am still at Fairfax 
Station where we were when I last wrote.  I am well & have been so all the time except a cold. I 
have not had the headache but once since I left home.  I believe that I will get well entirely if I 
live here much longer.  Camp life agrees with me.  I have learned to cook tolerably well 
considering my lack of experimenting.  I believe I will have renewed energy if I can get well.  I 
have sometime thought that my energy was wasting as well as my physical strength.  I have no 
news to communicate.  Brother Wm. sends his love to you & all the folks.  Cousin Cape sends 
his love to you also.  My dear wife I want to see you very much, but I can't see you until the 
expiration of my time.  I know you will remember me in your prayers to God, Pray often that I 
may live to see you again.  There are 2 chances to one against me, but by the help of God I will 
& by his mercies see you again.  Be cheerful & while away the time as well as possible. 
I sometimes think the war will not last long, but I know nothing about it.  There will, no 
doubt be some hard battles before it does close.  I wrote you of my walking to Springfield.  I 
stand camp life very well.  I look better than I have for some time & would be as happy as a king 
if I could only be with you.  I think of you every day, every hour, & almost every minute. 
	Write to me my dear wife, write to me.  Write to me & let me hear from you often twice a 
week is not too often.  (You must write & let me know) (whether girl or boy) a little nonsense 
now & then is relished by the most of men. 
	 Give my love to all your father's family & also to my father's.  I forgot to attend to that 
money matter that I borrowed from your father.  You must try & fix that up for me some way 
satisfactory to your father.  Bro. Wm. says tell Mother to send his blanket out here when they 
send our clothes.  Send some ink pens, paper & pens with our clothes.  Make me another jean 
shirt a little longer & send also.  I must now close.  Remember me to all my friends & be assured 
I shall often think of you.

Your Devoted Husband 

Thos. S. Taylor.


Mrs. S. E. Taylor.