stimulus of medicine.  I don't wish to urge you to come home if you don't think it expedient for it is said to make soldiers discontented to be urged by friend at home to come, but O! I would be delighted my dear one to have you with us if t'was only for two or three weeks, but I hope I am not unreasonable, if it is not best for you to come, I will try to wait patiently till you can come.  I feel deeply for you on Cy's account.  I suppos from all you wrote and what I can hear that the most of that regt is taken prisoners  Poor boy I fear sometimes that we may never hear from him and yet I never felt the he would be killd.  Mother feels so badly on his account, and we all do.  Persons have written home
