Dear Ma. Your kind and welcome letter was received by me to day and I having a few moments to spare I take this opportunity of answering it. We have not moved our Camp since last  you hurd from me but I do not believe we will stay where we are long as the place is verry unhealthy owing to the ground being so damp. the wether has been verry disargearible for the last 2 or 3 Days as it has rained most all the time making it verry dissagreable Yet thear is not a murmer of dissatisfaction from enyone of us as we know our General is doing all he can for us and eatch and every one of us loves him And when the order come to fall in we will do it with prompness for he will lead us eather to have victory  partchace on our noble and prity Flag or to death he will not sacrefize more lives than is nesesary... (J Tierney note: rest of the letter unavailable) 

William P. Allcot Papers, 1861-1864. Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary