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Jesse O. Burgess
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My
dear wife,
I
received your kind and welcome letter dated April 30th
and was vary happy to hear from you and Ruby. Your kind
letter found me enjoying good health and I cincerly hope
those few lines may find you and Ruby enjoying the same
blessing. It has been about two weeks since I heard from
you and you had better believe I was glad to hear from you
today. Our mail is vary irregular since we have been here.
I hope we will get mail more regular in the future, I love
to hear from the loved ones at home so well and I verily
believe they like to hear from me. Oh I cant tell you how
much I love to read your kind and loving letters
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of old and take solid comfort in the enjoyments of a sweet
and comfortable home. Oh dear Mary, it cheers me up every
time I think of the happiness I expect to enjoy in the
future with you my dear, and our dear little boy. Those are
the thoughts which cheers the soldier up when he is toiling
and suffering so much, when he thinks of the dear ones at
home and the happy meeting there will be when it is his
happy lot to return home to those he loves so well, oh I
long for the time to come when I can have the pleasure of
your dear and loving society- and our dear Ruby. I look for
those days to be the happiest days of my life and I do
believe they will come soon.
When
I look back and think of the many many happy days and hours
I have spent with you and how little I appreciated those
happy days, but if I can only enjoy the happiness I had then
once more, I will think I am almost in paradise. Oh I fancy
I can see your sweet smiles and loving face as I once saw it
when we use to enjoy ourselves so much in those little
tents, dear Mary those were happy days, and how often I
think of them. God Bless you my dear you are so good and
loving and kind. I love you more and more every day and
nearer the time is coming when I expect to see your loving
face once more. I think you and Ruby and the happy meeting
we will have when we can join hearts and hands in the sweet
and fair lands of a sweet and happy and quiet home. Wont we
take some comfort, don’t you think we will.
Oh
you don’t know how much I would like to see our dear boy.
I know I will love him so much, the dear little fellow. I
know how he looks and how sweet and pretty he is, I know he
looks like his Ma and I always thought she was sweet and
pretty two: and I think so – and always will. I hope the
time is close to hand when I can see you once more, the time
seems long and has seemed long ever since you left me and
went home but thank the Lord the time is fast drawing to a
close when we all can return home to the loved ones who are
waiting for our return home. Many firesides will be made
glad and many homes made pleasant when husbands, fathers and
brothers will return home. Three years is considerable
while to be away from those we love so well. Many hearts
will bound with joy at the returning home of dear ---- there
will be many sweet kisses bestowed apon the fair sex and I
don’t know (?) but I will be one of the many…..
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