Pittsburg Landing, Mar 29, 1862Sarah,
You know I never have anything to write and my letters are surely rather a bore to you. I write so many and so little news in them that I am getting ashamed to write. I wrote James a long no account letter this morning, no last night. What I will fill this with I have no idea, but I will try to fill the thing up with something. Hugh McWilliams got forty dollars from McBride of the forty eighth Reg. Ill Co. C to give him an order on H. Parkinson and Sons for that amount, payable to his wife. Hugh will send James an order on Silas Smith for that amount. So they will not be out of the money long. I did not like to do it much, but Hugh wanted the money and needed it so much that I thought HPTS would not come, as they can get the money from Silas. Silas owes Hugh. Hugh will write tomorrow. I got twenty five dollars from John McNeil, $10 for Hugh, $5 for Silas, and $10 for myself and H. Parkinson and Sons are to pay old man McNeil (John McNeil's father). I wrote James all about it last night. There is no prospect of us getting paid soon. We do not expect it for two months, although we may get it in a week. If we do not get pay for two months (& I know we will not), I hope the boys will not be mad at us driving on them so heavy. If they think hard of me, I hope they will forgive William. In the letter I wrote to James, I give the subject of any of you coming to see me a final farewell and bid you all farewell till this war is over. I think
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McNeil, John
McWilliams, Hugh
McWilliams, John (Silas)
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