Clarke County GaArchives History - Letters .....W.F. Cook to Sarah Cook (Civil War Letter)  August 28 1861
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Camp _____ Portsmouth Va August 28th 1861
Dear Sister
I take the present opportunity of dicting you a few lines to let you know
    tha i and friends are well. My health is better than it ever was. David 
Sims has been sick
    but is well now. David cant stand it like the rest of us. Aunt Francis boys 
is given up to
    be the hardest boys in the company. They can stand anything. I received 
your letter
    yesterday. I was glad to hear from you all but was sorry to hear that Pa 
was sick. I
    thought that you all had give out writing anymore it had been so long since 
I got a letter
    from any of you. I have not. We have heard that the troop artillery has 
been in a fight but has not or did not know whether it is true or not. We have 
not heard particulars yet.
    Miller Lumpkin has been to Richmond and he brought the news he heard there 
that the troop
    artillery was coming back to Richmond and then to Portsmouth or Norfolk.
We have not herd from George since I wrote to you before. We have wrote to
    him and he never gets our letter hardly. Sadi I have not received but two 
letters from
    Miss Nancy. There is something _____ in the mail or she does not write. 
Some mails that
    come dont bring but two or three letters for the hold Regiment. Some times 
no mail at all.
    It loos like out of a thousand men there ought to be some mail every time. 
I think the
    people are getting so that they dont care anything at all this_____you do 
even or they
    would writ more. I want you all to write often. Write whether I write or 
not. I cant write
    every time. I want to. I was on guard yesterday and last night and so was 
Henry Cook.
    David was on day before yesterday and William the day before that. The 
workmen have _____
    to the navy yard to work _____. Wanted to know that they _____ there for. 
Sim says because
    they would  not give them their _____ and some soposed thim to be 
abolitionist. They
    are rebuilding those old vessels. They will have the old Merimack ready for 
runing in
    about two months or less time. You said that you wanted my ambiotype. I 
have money a
    plenty to have it taken but we have to pay from $1.25 to $8.00 to have them 
taken. The smalest size is $1.25 and if I have one taken I want to have it 
taken with my belt and
    cartridge case and with my gun. It will cost $3.00. I will be some time 
before I can have
    it taken. We dont get out but once a month. By the time my day comes around 
again I will
    be paid off again and then I will have it taken, if the captains will let 
me take my gun
    with me. If I can get a furlow I will come home betwixt this and Christmas. 
I herd that
    four of us could get a furlow at a time and every 15 days. If I dont come 
some of the dark
    corner boys will come. I _____ Pa wanted know whether I am willing to take 
$100 for Calum.
    If he can winter him well I had rather he would keep him. That is not 
enough for him. He
    is not even broken. He can stand as much as any bodys horse. Tell Pa to 
keep him without
    he can get $125 for him. He is werth more than that to me when I am at 
home. He will trade
    well when in _____ and if he can feed him keep him. If I come home I will 
come to stay
    about 15 or so days and then I will try to sell him or trade him for a 
gentle horse that
    will be some benefit to him while I am gone. Tell pa to get me a pair of 
the largest
    blankets he can find and send them to me and have me a pair of water proof 
boots made and
    send them. It is cold wheather here. We sleep cold every night. David Sims 
has wrote for
    blankets and Aunt Francis boys. Send them and mine together. I send my 
measures in the letter for the boots. Tell pa have them made if he can pay for 
them. He had better get Gus
    Langford or some of the workmen in Athens to make them. Old Franks work 
dont stand well.
    Have them _____. Send them and blankets as quick as you can. There is no 
blankets here. I
    went to Capt Billups about it twice and he said that they could not get 
them no where. The
    Griffeth boys have wrote for boots too and perhaps if you can see Jimmy 
Griffeth you could
    send them all together. Henry wrote to Jimmy to have his made. Ma if you 
have any butter
    send it in the box with the blankets. We have _____ eatings some times. 
David Sims has wrote for some. Put it together and send it. If pa is not able 
to tend to this get cousin
    Jim to do it. I must come to a close. Give my best respects to all my 
friends and folkes
    the same. Your effectionate Brother
W.F. Cook
To Sarah J. Cook

Additional Comments:

The person who wrote the letter was William Frances Cook, son of David
    Cook and Elmira Browning and grandson of Zadock and Elizabeth Cook. The 
recipient was his
    sister, Sarah Jane Cook. William was a member of the Athens Guard which 
became Co. K, Regiment 3 of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He died of disease 
in Richmond, VA July 17,
    1862.
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