Milam County Texas Archives Military Records.....Perkins, Walker Peter December 27, 1863
Civilwar - Letters 27th Battalion. company B. Texas State Troops
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WP Perkins To Sons
Galveston Dec the 27th 1863

Dear sons yours of ??? the 21 first was received yesterday five days from the 
time it was written much sooner than you received mine I received the good new 
of your health I am afraid your mother will ??? in her health by exposing her 
self you must persuade her not to do it and help her attend to all the business 
that you can in that way you can be of great benefit to her mind everything 
that she tells you for she will ??? sure not to tell you anything rong   you 
complain of your uncle Toms paying no attention to my business I did not ask 
him to do it when I left thinking thinking you uncle Moses would be there to do 
it since I have heard that he will not I have written your uncle Tom a long 
letter asking him to attend close to my business and if he fails to do it I 
will always think hard of him I think you will have no excuse to complain for 
the future I attended to him when he was in the army better than my own 
(underlined twice) and if he fails to do as mutch for me when it is in my power 
I never can forget it particulary under the preasant circumstances I think I 
will get to come home the 7th of February and then I can attend to my own 
affairs and no thanks to any body it will be furlow for three months which will 
give me a chance to make a trip to Eagle Pass which I intend to do I have got 
my plans partly arranged her to that end and if I succeed I will higher a 
substitute in Mexico and put him in for the war I want my ??? taken good care 
of in order to make the trip there are two other men here that will go with me 
they have both been to Brownsville know the ropes I can higher a substitute 
there for $200 in spectic (?) is which I am so anxious to go I was surprised at 
the weights of our hogs you have got meat enough for one year you must not sell 
any until George Newman get back for we may need it if he succeeds in buying 
negroes you will have money enough to buy a young negroe I am glad your mother 
has bought you a pony I did not examine him but think he is the best saddle 
pony that I have seen for a long time if my corn is scarce your mother wright 
to it your uncle Tom have my bay horse to ride for it it will take too much 
corn to feed two hoarses and have nothing for them to to but to ride 
occasionally he could take good care of him you (crossed out) she might need 
him to plow if Newman dosnot get back  in time I want you to take good care of 
our hogs I suppose we have got a fine lot of pigs by this time you must go to 
school to Mr Anderson until I get home if you can do no better I will then make 
arrangements for you to go to Sulivan your mother could not do without you and 
I gone you must go to scool all you can when you get a chance for I fear your 
opportunities will be limited to get an education if the war continues long so 
go to school and learn all you can learn to answer my letters yourselves 
without troubling your mother Christmas has past off here very quietly 
Christmas eve the brass bands belonging to the different redgments plaid until 
lait at knight a few soldiers got drunk and was put in the gard house but every 
other way the town was quiet there is a number of the enemy ships in sight but 
we do not fear them I have not received an answer to any of the letters that I 
have written to your mother the only letter that I have received from her was 
the one that Britt brought with him he is getting verry anxious to get a letter 
from his wife when I wrote to your uncle Tom I forgot that I saw Dr Clark drunk 
as usual but says he has made a fortune since he come to Tex he is one of the 
surgeons of the army and seamed to be flush of money  he was verry glad to see 
me he and a man by the name of Nelson are the only men on the island that I 
ever saw before I came to Tex I promist to write to your little sisters but I 
must defer it for the preasant you must love all three of them and help your 
mother take good care of them I have nothing more to write to you at preasant 
get your mother to answer this for you as soon as you get it and you must not 
say a word about what I have written about your uncle Tom or of my plans of 
going to Mexico for it might have a bad affect tell all of the negroes howdee 
for me and hug and ciss Moses and little sisters for me your affectionate 
father 

Walker P. Perkins


Additional Comments:
I put question marks where I could not interpret the word or if the letter was 
deteriorated in that spot. I'll add some scanned images of the originals later. 
RP

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