its been wandering up and down the earth all its days.  I will try after this to number my letters correctly, so that you may know when you receive all of them; yours have been coming very irregularly for a while and if it were not for the no. I would not know how many I miss.  The last or latest I had from you was July 21st, that is pretty well on to a month ago.  I look for one tomorrow.  When I get home I will get mail more regularly.  I do want to go home so badly.  You keep writing to me as if I were at home, diricting me what to do.  I will endeavor to comply with your requests when I get home.  Last week I received four letters one from you, and Libbie, Jennie, and Ettie Drummond; so that I had a nice lot of news for one day.  They were all well at home, but did'nt say anything at all about Cy: Poor boy I should like so much to know what he is doing, or even where he is. There is but little war news of intrest now.  Reported that we have taken Mobile; but it is not confirmed.  Grant is seiging Petersburg; and Sheridan has whipped Early.  I presume you have heard of the capture of Gen. Stoneman, together with about 1,000 of his men.  Wednesday Evening 6 1/2 O'clock  Three days since I began this; you wont think my dear husband that is neglect but for want of quiet:  It is almost impossible here to have one moment to myself, and often when I do write I answer questions, and carry on a conversation, so I hope this will be a satisfactory apology for the brevity as well as the long time that intervenes between some of my letters.  We have had company this afternoon, four ladies, they have just left and I improve the time between sundown and dark to talk to my absent one; O! how delightful 'twould be to spend this hour with you my dear.  How thankfull we
