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	b. Letters From The Battlefield Moses Garretson Harrisburg, Pennsylvania March 1, 1864 Miss Sarah Maggie Blackburn Dear Friend I am happy this eveining to inform you that we have landed safe in Harrisburg you are aware of the time we left Shellsburg we got to Bloodyrun a little after three oclock we got off the wagons and bid the balance of our Friends good by and got on the cars we left there at four a colock and at ten last knight we were in Huntingdon we had to wait there til three oclock in the morning we got to Harrisburg a little after daylight and of still here this evening where we weill fo from here I cant tell but I think we will go back to South Carolina. The weather is vary disagreeable it has been Snowing all day and is Still Snowing this evening there is about four inches of snow on the ground now I wish I was back there we would take a Sleighride to ur misfortune when we come down here we found Edmund T Blackburn had not withstood the Examination he will probably ge at home though before these ffew poorly scribed lines reach you and he can tell you more about it than I can. Well Maggie I presume you thought hard of the way I left Shellsburg but I hope you know my reasons I kept up on account of my Mother I never had anything in this world to go as hard weith me and I hope you will excuse me if I did not treat you as I Should of done I could not espress to you my feelings since I left home I can harly write to knight I took my fry our to my Self after I got in the cars I feel as if though my pleasures are to an end I Seen Ladies last Knight in Huntington that I wanted to talk to me but I could not talk to them I remembered wll what you and I last talked about which this I believe you Said you would not stay with any young man if I would not stay with any young ladies and I told you I would not and I intend keeping my word and I trust you will do the same Pleas tell me when you write whether or not you went up to John Hussls Schoolhouse to meeting that knight after we left or not and what for a time you had, I am well as preasant hoping these few lines may find you enjoying the best of health Well this is the first letter I have written Since I left if I am Seperated from you in body I left my heart with you I must now bring my scribbling to a close hoping you will excuse all imperfections Sucha as bad writing and spelling and write Soon as Convenient I Remain Very Affectionatly you Friend and True Lover Moses. R. Garretson Direct your letters as Follows Moses R Garretson Company H 55th Regt PA Vols Harrisburg Penna I will just put the address on an envelope and put it in your letter then all you will have to do will be to write a letter which I hope will do as soon as you get this as I would like to get a letter from you before we leave here Yours Vary Respectfully M R Garretson

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