true heroism.  I am sorry that I cant go home now on many accounts; your letters since the latter part of June have gone to Desmoines, and have to be remailed so that I am a great deal longer getting them, and the additional postage is from six to twelve cents, most of your letters are just a little over weight, so that at the office of delivery they cost six cents, and when remailed six more, I want you to write long letters if you feel like it, the longer the better, so I would suggest that when you write over one large sheet to put two stamps on; It is too bad that you sent so much money home, and now have to do without what you need for the want of it.  If I wait for money from the army I will probably be here till the middle or last of Sept.  I may get the money here before that and go sooner. I had intended to have written to you on Wednesday, to have sent last mail day, but Aunt Melissa took a relapse and was very sick for a few days, and the work all devolved on me, so that I was kept very busy, and although Cy does not answer any of my letter I thought I would write to him again, and that was all I could find time to write before mail day.  But I have but little hope of getting Cy to write
