Letter From Thomas G Wallingford to his wife Evaline
Mrs. Evaline Wallingford Hempstead Texas Ritchmond May 19th 1862
My Dear Wife
I have not recd a word From you since I left hom and am fearful That I never will unless times change we are cut off from Texas & nearly all the South I send this by a man that is discharged and coming home to Polk County Texas. I am well Except a could we have had a hard time since we got with the army which was at York Town we left there the next day for Richmond about 85 miles of as bad muddy road as I ever saw raining on us nearly all the time while we were marching no tents and part of the time nothing to eat. the Enemy after us all the way untill we got whitin a few miles of this place. I do not no where there are now we had two fights with them one at Williamsburg and one at West Point I was in the last engagemiatent and killed one Yankey. We do not no how long we will stay here nor what we will do next. I find May. Jo Gibbon and Bennit Cathey here they were vary glad to see me this is the fifth letter I have written to you. I sent you an order by Eaf Cabun for you to draw the money and send it to Abe Wommack for the use of his house you get Rainey to attend to it and send the money to Wommack if he will not have the money it is yours. you must continue writing I may get some of them. it is raining and I am writing under a blanket on my knee. I will write again in a few days if I get a chance. there is a good many of our recruits sick. Spencer got badly wonded in the fight we had at West Point a ball passed through his thigh breaking his thigh Bone but he is getting will and will come home as soon as he gets well. Bombshells and grape shot fell all a round us at West Point. May was shot in the neck xx Just cut through the skinn no one hurt in our company except Spencer Tell Sapfe and others that I have no chance to write to them we are marching nearly all the time I will write to them when I can do the best you can and trust in God for the fureture. I find Chatham a first rate clever fellow. I mess with him I will close give my respects to all enquiring fr children forget me. I do hope it will not be long untill I meet you and them at our humble little Home if not we must meet in the better world above so good bye I remain your affectionate Husband until death
T. G. Wallingford
?? Tell Polly to write to me give my love to her and tell and tell her to conduct her self in a maner that I may be pround of her and not ashaimed. Tell Mrs Worthington she must write to Worthington that I am well and been in one fight. write to me where he is at all the news. tell Sapfe not to let any thieves get my calves and attend to my cattle the best he can tell Farquhar the same. I wrote to Hairany on the way I think he will get the letter sent it by hand. T. G. Wallingford