*Civil War Letter From Woman In Fort Columbus OH Transcribed Nov 18 1864

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*Civil War Letter From Woman In Fort Columbus OH Transcribed Nov 18 1864:
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Nice Stamps/Covers - See Scans for Details & Condition. All Stamps/Items over $200.00 will be Insured for US shipments. Items Over $100 Registered for Worldwide. Stamps/Items sent Outside the United States with Shipping Charge of $4.00, will not be sent Registered Mail. This shipping Rate is at Your Risk. If you wish the item to be sent Registered Mail, please ask for an invoice before you make payment. Shipping will be at least $20.00 for Registered Mail. See Our Store for Many More Stamps. New listings Added Daily Money Back Guarantee on any Stamp not as Described. Import Duty taxes are not our responsibility.Columbus, Sometime in Oct. Dear Sister, We rec\'d your letter in due time & I have just got around to answer it. Not that I have so much work to do, for I only have to cook what Ed & I can eat. I have been sick in the first place. I was taken with the Billious fever, then turned into the Typhoid. It lasted 3 weeks, but I had to keep my bed for 4 weeks, & now if the bed didn\'t get tired, I did, & laid on two feather beds the last two weeks. I commenced housekeeping just one week ago last Tuesday. I was so weak the first two or three days that I had to catch hold of the chairs to hold myself up. I\'m not very strong yet. My lungs bother me very much. There is not one woman that comes from the north down here but what has a fit of sickness after she has been here a little while.Ed has been wanting me to write for several days. He has been very antsy & muster rolls, but I tremble so & take a poor writer & let them tremble. They make rather poor marks. He is an Officer of the day today, so I shall be alone part of the day & part of the night.I\'m the only woman in this fort. Ed\'s 1st Lieut. had to go to \'Fort Halleck to take command of a company, so I have to be alone. Well it has been several days since I commenced this & I do not expect to finish it tonight. I am well & hearty. I can drink as much coffee as anyone can, also tea. We had pudding & milk for supper & I don\'t feel much like writing. I certainly eat enough to make me fat. I know I could out eat you now. I do have too good an appetite to keep well long. I begin to want to see the boy so much, I hardly know how to content myself, but if you all keep on doing so nicely, I will not be home yet a while. Get the said boy whatever he needs. I will try to send some money next time. Ed gives me $10 every pay day, & I intend to keep all of it. I will send some to Busbie next time I write if he gets his pay. I have a very nice little room with bed, stove cupboards, washstand & several other things. Oh yes, & a carpet. Tuesday morn.
We rec\'d Fred\'s & Mother\'s letters this morning. I\'m very glad you are getting along so well & all keep so well. Then the Diphtheria is raging again, is it. I shall be very anxious to hear from home now. Then you wish me to come home, do you? Well, I hardly think Ed will [be] willing for me to come just yet, that is, if you all keep well. I wish the boy was with me. It has been very cool since the middle of October, & I hardly think he would get sick. Still, he may take cold, it is so cold & rainy. We have been having something of a scare here for some time & have kept the lines closed, but today is elections & they are opened. I don\'t know why it is, but I don\'t get one bit afraid. I haven\'t the least idea of their coming in here. If they do, they will return to theirs, go back soon. The men have been called out twice since I came here, just at bed time. Ed came in, put on his belt sword, revolver, & would go out. Once I was sitting in my rocking chair, soaking my feet, while I was sick, or as I was getting better, & I did not feel one bit frightened. I sat there until he came back. Another time I was in bed, before I was sick, & I didn\'t get up either. Write as soon & often as you can, for we are anxious to hear from you all. If it is some time before you hear from us, never fear, for there is nothing that will hurt us, without old Forrest comes in & gobbles us up, but I think he can\'t do it. My love to all. Kiss the boy for me.
AnnI wish you would get one of those wooden buckets with covers, that holds about one & 1/2 pails full or more, (that has handles, &c.) & send it full of butter. Buy from any of the neighbors, even from Geo. Jenehunst; he makes better than anyone can get here, & have to pay 60 or 65 cts for it. Take what you wish of Amos\' money. In haste,
Ed