p.

They said nothing of his being
at home, and I did not ask them.
Feel I know when he was to go I
could have seen him.

Owing to circumstances which thee
will know of ere thee gets this I do
not think the had best send any
things by {Ofc?] though there are some
which I would like to have but ex-
pect to have a chance to get them.
I am Somewhat surprised that you are
not through haying yet, though as the
crop is, here it may not be over
ripe there. We are so far from the De-
pot that we cut what hay the Ani-
mals require instead of hauling it
so far. It takes some eight tons, for
the Div. daily now, and so you see we
do "right smart" of Haying.

I am glad to hear so good reports
of the Garden and should enjoy it
much if I were there, but when we
wish for vegetables here we have only
to make a Raid outside the Picquet
Line, when, as the inhabitants are

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all "Seceshers", we do not Spare their
things - and [underline]things[/underline] and things.
&c. Popular sentiment in the
region at and around Warrenton is
very differrent now from it, at the
time we came here, and now even
"Yankeys" are not unwelcome in some
residences where they would have
met the "Cold Shoulder" before.

I am sorry to hear that some of the
[?] soldiers of the "Gallant 2d Vt Brigade"
have [underline]no[/underline] more respect for themselves
and others than to reel in the streets
of Montpelier, for, whether they did
it [underline]before[/underline] they came out here, or [underline]not[/underline],
such scenes will give color to the
theory that Army life is [underline]degrad-
ing[/underline], and when such a one is seen,
all "would have known he was a
Soldier by his [underline]actions[/underline]" and thus the
acts of those from being more con-
spicuous, will give a [underline]character[/underline] to
[underline]all[/underline], who had been in the Army.
We [underline]are[/underline] all bad enough, but we shall
not be properly judged for this reason.