[Letter]: 1862-11-22 from Francis to Mother

1862 November 22 from F[rancis] Rupert (Loonesville) to C. W. Rupert- Mother re: just got off picket duty and writing by candle light, just got two letters from her - one had paper and envelopes in it. He explains delay in his reply to her. His horse gave out and he had to walk the nine miles below Centreville [Fairfax County, Va. a railroad hub nearby is Manassas] all the way back to camp at little village of Loonesville? to do picket duty. Reason that Lloyd doesn’t write is that he can’t get any paper but he is well and in good health. When they get paid they will get four months pay and then he will send her some. Reports that the will go into winter quarters soon in Washington. In reply to her asking why he was put into Heintzelman’s Corps, he does not know the reason. Times are dull down there. [yellow envelope addressed to Mrs. William Rupert Bloomsburg Columbia County, Pa. stamp cut out, cancellation mark possibly Washington] Fragment of a letter relating the same information about candle, horse, mule signed F. Rupert, same type of paper and pencil written.