Some Body had Broke open Sisters crib and Stolen her corn; A Damd old Raskel you aught to take your gun and go their & Shoot him #cw150

Camp Near Port, Royal Va

April the 20 1863

Dear Wife I Recvd your kind Letter the 18th of this inst stating you was All well which found me well hoping theas few lines may come Safe to hand and find you All well and Doing well Marthy you Spoke of coming to Se me but I think it is best not to come for we will have to Leave hear we are Expecting to have to Leave hear Every Day Marthy I want to See you Vary bad but I think it is best for you Not to come hear for we Dont Now how Soon we may have to Leave hear Marthy you had better wait for their is A talk if our going Back to NC & if we Do you can come then & their is Canonading to Day Above Fredricks Burg Every time we go on picket we can talk to the yankes &C you wanted to Now if I wanted any close or Socks you wold Send me some I have got A plenty of them

I Was Sory to Hear that Some Body had Broke open Sisters crib and Stolen her corn the man Dun that had Aught to have to go in Servis & Stay their as Long as the war Last A Damd old Raskel you aught to take your gun and go their & Shoot him for he has All ways bin Doing them tricks & you Rote Something About Them girls Scaring A Sick man I think they had better bin Doing Something elce & I Wold Like to be  at home to be at Wm Funeral but I Dont Expects to have the chance of being their & tell Mother I Will rite to her the Next Time I Rite So I will come to A close by Saying I Remane your Loving Husband untel Death

John Futch to Marthy A Futch

Rote By John A Ennes From Harnett County

Source: Futch papers, North Carolina State Archives, as found on www.ncecho.org.

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Dear wife you must do the best you Can til I git home #civilwar150

Carline County Va

April the 15 1863

Dear Wife I Seat my self for the pleashure of Answring your kinde leter dated April the 3 1863 it found Me well as i Cold be exspected for a poor Soldier I hope those few lines may Come safly to hand and finde you Enjoying good helth Dear Wife I hav nothing of importanc to write you at this time times are very hard here Every Thing is Very high it looks to me like starvasion to me hir  I don’t see any  prospect of any Crops bring made in this part of Va without a grate alteration Soon  Dear wif you never Sed in your leter how mutch money you had recived from me I wold like to No how mutch you recived from me I want you to let me no in your next leter So as I will no whether or not it all or not  Dear wif I had oft moor money to send too if I Cold get a safe chance to send it to you I Cold send it it in a leter but it wold not be apt to get it Dear wife I want to See you verry bad their is strong  talk of us goin to Wilmington NC be fore before long but I am afraid that they air aint ani  Sutch good news that I wold like for you to write in your next leter how all the rest of the family is a giting a long You never rote to me nothing about what you was a talking about before I left home we hav a great deal of hard driling to Do here now we have to Drill 6 hours out of a day Dear wife you must do the best you Can til I git home I herd you was well Lt powers told me you air well I had rather a seen you I writ A leter to you every weeke Dont be afraid to  writ paper is only $5.00 Dollars a quire  they was 3 men ran away out our redgiment last week  as my time is short I will Close write soon fail not I hav a  verry bad chanc to write hire tell all of the family to rite Nothing more I remain your affectionate husband til Deth

John Futch to Mrs Martha Futch

I reckon you neadent not to lendyour money out if you do So be shur to get a good noat and security Write and let me no how Mary [illeg] is geting along

Source: Futch papers, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, as found on www.ncecho.org

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dressed in mens clothes and went to a sick man’s house and tried to scare him out of his house #cw150

April the 14 1863

dear husban after my love and best respects to you I will in form you that I am well hopin that those fue lines may rech and find you in joyen the same good blesings dear husban I receved your veary kind letter the last maill and was glad to hir from you and to hir that you war well and I trust that you may in joye good helth the rest of your time dear husban I have no neas veary impornce to rite to you only I want to see you veary bad I want to see you worst then I ever did in my life and I am very on easy a bout you as I hir that you war a bout to move but I hope that it aint so dear husban I shall start to wilmington a tusday to git me a pear of shose I am a blege to have them I hate to spend the money but it semes like that I must have  them and as soon as I git back I shall come to see you if you hant moved from that place an if you air in teenty miles of the rode I never in dured so much truble in my lif be fore it semes lik it will kill me if I dont see you one more time dear husban I want to no how you air faren and if you have warm close and slep warm and if you want eney morer socks if you do I will fech you some when I come dear husban you hird of your brother Wilam deth be fore I did he had bin dead a weke before I hird of it tha never let me no a word of it tha feched him to yours fathers and saut up with him one night tha beared him at [wilars] greave yard tha never agen him a tall to see him at your fathers I under stant that he had the tiberdfored  fever and the munps and his legs both war sore and eat to the bone so I sopose he dide turebl deth I should like fore you to come home to his funerl if you could pasen canedy will prech it it will be at your fathers house or at my fathers house or at the chall house shelten has turned out  to be the worst place you ever saw Margreat rose and hir too sisters and susen muney and franceny lee dresed thear selves in mens close and went to a sick mands house and trid to skir him out of his house and hollard and lafed and run all over the feald I will tell you all a bout it in my next letter for I must come to a close by san rite soon as you receve this nothin more at presant only I remain your Affectionly wife tell deth Martha Futch to John Futch

Source: Futch papers, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, as found on www.ncecho.org

 

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Dear Wife I hope this war will soon close for I do want to come home #cw150

Camp near Port Royal

April the 9th 1863

Dear Wife I seat my self this Beautiful morning for the purpos of writing you afew lines to let you know that I am some fat and I am one of the Bully Soldiers

I have [illeg] in my looks so that you would not know me I am so fat and I am a grate speculater times is very Still up here I dont hear know talk of a  fight up here provishions is very high up here Tobacco is 5 dollars a pound and meal is $1 & 25 Cts a gallon fresh meat is $1.50 cts Coffee is $5 a pound and ever thing is high

Dear Wife I hope this war will soon close for I do want to come home [really] Bad [theys] know satisfaction to Be Seen in Camp I hope before six weeks roles a round that I may be home with you Someday I make $5.50 cts and some days more & some days less you must kiss Sis for me but I had rather be home and Kiss her my Self give my love to Mary Stokes and family and to Caroline [illeg] and family So nothing more at this time only I remain your true and affectionate husband til death write soon John Futch

Source: Futch letters, North Carolina State Archives as found on www.ncecho.org

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Make all of the pervishions you Can for it looks like Starvashion here #cw150

Camp Near Port Royal Va

April the 3 1863

Martha Dear Wife I Seat my Self for the pleashere of aswering your kinde leter whitch Came to hand afew Days Cence I was truly glad to here from you and to here that you was Well these few lines leavs me Well I hope those few lines may Com Safly to hand and find you enjoying the Same good blesing Dear wife I hav Nothing Worth relating to you at this time every thing is verry high here pervishions hardly to be had at No price  our rashons are verry Short I wold give any thing to Se you tel [Francine] that I will See to that buisness She writing to me but I Never have had the Chance to Se to it yet but I will attend to it Dear wife if we ever get back to wards North Carolina I will for you to Com to Se me I Want you to try to Make all of the pervishions you Can for it looks like Starvashion here I am glad to here you are a geting along planting I Wold like to be thare to help you if it was so I Cold Martha tel Richard [illeg] When he takes his potatos to not forget the ones I put in thare rite to me how the Slips kep that I put up before I left thare Martha I reseifed the leter you sent me by the captain as My Time Short I must Close by saying I remain affetionat husband til Deth

John Futch

to Martha Futch

Direct To

Co K 3 NC Troops

Richmond Va

in Cear of capt T E Armstrong

Source: Futch Papers, North Carolina State Archives and as found on www.ncecho.org

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I have just heard of the death of my brother William I was very sory to hear of his death #cw150

Camp near Fredericksburg

March the 30th 1863

my dear Wife

I received yours and was glad to hear from you and the family This leaves me well in better health than I have been before in twelve months and I hope it may So continue during my life. I hope this my find you enjoying the best of health as it is one of the greatest that a person can be bestowed with. We are at the same place where I found the regiment but wont expect to stay here much longer. We have packed up all our baggage that we could not cary on our backs and sent them to the railroad. I expect we will soon be on a march some wher but I cant tell wher

I have just heard of the death of my brother William I was very sory to hear of his death poor fellow he has paid the det we all have to pay Sooner or later. I hope he has gon to a better world than this where there is no pain felt nor no sorrow known

I received the things by Capt Armstrong was glad to receive them I write nearley twice every week but have received but few letters since I left. I cant tell what become of the letters. I must close I hope we may meet soon. My love to all the family and receive a portion your self my darling wife

from your affectionate husband

John Futch to his darling wife Martha Futch

Source: Futch letters, North Carolina State Archives, as found on www.ncecho.org

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March 1863: I would give the world to see you…I dreme of you every nite

March the 29 1863

dear husban after my love and best respects to you I will in form you that I am well hopin that those fue lines may rech and find you in joyin the same good blesings dear husban I receved your kind letters a fridy I receved those and I was glad to hir from you one sead that you was in tolabel good helth and one said that you was no better dear husban I learn that you have not goin before the bord and I want you to go to before the bord fore if you wanted to come home as bad as I do want you to come you would go be fore it every day and I want you to do it and tri to git home if you can and dear husban if you wanted to see me as bad as i do want to see you you would be wiling fore me to come and see you fore I would give the world to see you if it was in my [punshen]  you rote to me to not fore get you when i went to eat and I dont fore git you day nor nite I dreme of you every nite dear husban I have not receved the money that you send but it is at [barnemans] and father is going after it to morrow so I must close by sain I remain your Affectionly wife tell deth Martha Futch to Mr John Futch do the best you can tell i see you rite soon and fail not

March the 29 1863

dear sun I sete my self down to rite you afue lines wich will in form you that we air all well hopin that those fue lines may rech and find you in joyen the same good blesings dear sun I have no neas to rite to you of impornce more then i want to no wher you air and what you air doing i am veary on easy a bout you and all the rest I hear that the 59 regiment has goin to newborn and have had afite thear our popel tuck back a pece of rail rode from the yankeys and fore in comens compny has got back to kinston and 4 of them got wounded but the 59 regiment had not returned back when I hird frome thar and I heard that you had afite at fredricks burg and I am on easey I have seen more truble than my tung can tell theare is  hard times hear and mor a coming corn is three dollars and fifty cent and nun at that rice twenty cent a pound bakin eighty cent pur pound and the yankeys is takin all the wimonds at newborn but if tha got me the will have a race fore it we air all plantin hear martha is wevin she can weve three and fore yards a day I think it is purty smart fore the first but she has got hirn out and wevin on a nother pece

John you seay that you want to see holy shelten and I wish that you could come and see it and see my martins I have got the old martin and some young ones and I am tring to tame them but I make a bad start so I must come to a close by sain the family is all well exseptin your father in law he has pain in his neas and back but [illeg] he is most dun plantin nothen more at presant only remain your Affectionly mother tell deth rite soon as you receve this and fail not

Catherin Ramsey

to Mr John Futch

Source: Futch letters, North Carolina State Archives, as found on www.ncecho.org

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dear husban I want to see you the worst i ever did in my life #cw150

March the 26 1863

dear husban I sete my self down to rite you a fue lines lines to let you no that I am well hopin that those fue lines may rech and find you in joyen the same good blesings dear husban i receved your kind letter on the 20 day and was glad to hir from you dear husban I have no neas of impornce to rite to you only I want to see you veary bad the worst I ever did in my life dear husban i heard that you had a hard  fite at fredricks burg and it greved me veary bad i never in dured so much oneasness in my life before and I want to hir from you the worst in the world I have not bin satafid in my mind sence a bout you the letter that I receved was rote the 6 and mailed the 16 dear husban when you rite to me give me the lates neas you can I cant git a late letter from you and dear husban I want to no if you receved the letter that i seant by the captin i cared it to Burgaw my self and you never rote whether you receved it or not and i want to no if you did or not and dear husban I want you to rite to me ever weke fore I do rite to you every weke  this is the fift letter that i have sent you and receved no ancer only this one note the 6 dear husban I hear a grat cannadin [surge] wilamington the other day and I hear that inglent and france has fell out and air goin to fite one nother I have not hirn from the 59 regiment tha had not got back to camp but none of my brothers did not go but I hear that thare air a fiting thear a gain but I dont think it is so i excpects father will start to snow hill before long as soon as he gits dun plantin and he will soon be dun plantin dear husban I shall soon be ready to come to see you I shall come as soon as I git ready give my love to your brother Charly and tell him i want to see him bad but dear husban I want to see you the worst i ever did in my life so I must come to a close by sain that richard savage and famly gives thear love to you and sister Margreat gives hir love to you and sister Caroline gives hir love to you and all so to your  brother Charley rite soon as you receve this and fail not nothen more at presant only I hope that god may bles you and spear you to return home a gain well and harty this is the prais of your lover and Affectionly wife tell deth Martha Futch

to Mr John Futch

so good by

Source: Futch Letters, North Carolina State Archives as found on www.ncecho.org

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Dear Wife I can not Send you as much money as I wrote in the other letter #civilwar150

Camp near Port Royal

March the 19th 1863

Dear Wife I can not Send you as much money as I wrote in the other letter I would send I Cant Send you but one hundred & fourty dollars this time one hundred dollar Bill & four ten dollar Bills So nothing more at this time  I remain your affectionate husband til death please write as soon as you get this good wife

John Futch

to Martha Futch

Source: Futch Letters, North Carolina State Archives, as found on www.ncecho.org

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Dear son: we have harde times hear and i am a fraid that harder comin #civilwar150

March the 15th 1863

dear husban after my love and best respects to you I will inform you that I am well hopin that those fue lines may rech and find you in joyen the same good blesings dear husban i have no neas to write to you of impornce only I receved your kind and affectionly letter on the 6 day of March and was glad to hir from you but was sorrow to that you was not well dear husban I want to see you veary bad and I have loked fore you but I have not seen you yet dear husban you rote to me to no if I receved the cap that you sent by [illeg] i have not receved it yet but i am a goin to go after it be fore meny days and dear husban you rote to me that you was a goin to send some close but i have not got them yet father has goin to burgaw and i have bin to [illeg] and i went a gain to day but i hant got them yet if t J lain hant got them I don’t espects to git them but if lain ha them got then I will git them dear husban you rote to me to not come to see you but i shall come if I leve I shall be sirtin to come dear husban i hear that you are moved furder  and I am sorrow to hir it but I hope that you may not have to go eny further dear husban I want to no if you got the things that I sent you by the captin dear husban i want to see you the wourst i ever did in my life dear husban I was a goin to send you a shad but [plean] wont care it to you but i will send you one if i git the chance dear husban i want you to git some one else to rite fore you fore i cant rede it now I dont cear fore the helth of gorge brigen nor I dont want no more of his ritin dear husban we have yankes close hear the have bin fitin at kinston and I hear that  yankeys have tuk forty  of our men and I hear that  59 regiment run them to onslow and tuck 6 of them dear husban I will in form you that your fathers famly is all well exsept your father he has bin sick but he is better [daley] and his grand mother is hear to nite so I must come to a close by askin you to rite son as you receve this nothen more at presant only i remain your Affectionly wife tell deth Martha A Futch to Mr John Futch you nede not send me no more paper I have aplenty of paper

Martin Ramsey to John Futch i will in form you that I am well and I hope that this may find you the same I want to see you veary bad and I wish that you could git back home dear sun do as I told you take cear of your self and do the best you can I hear that you fare veary bad and I am sorrow that you air a sufren fore the want of sumthen to eat we have harde times hear and i am a fraid that harder comin no more at presan I remain your father Martin Ramsey

dear sun I will in form you that I am  well and I hope that those fue lines may find you the same John I am a lokin fore you every day I want you to come and eat shelots and turneps grens and I shall  soon have peas and I want you to come and help me to eat them dear sun do the best you can and take cur and dont let the yankeys git you nothen more at presant rite soon as you git this I remain your mother Catherine

Source: Futch Papers, North Carolina State Archives as found on www.ncecho.org

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