No 46  Cottage Home, Iowa, Oct 23rd /64  Sabbath afternoon, 3 O'clock My Own Dear Husband I could hardly wait till dinner was over, and the necessary work of the house done up to get to writing to you; Yesterday we all (that is Father, Stuart, Emma and I) went to Desmoines, as I wrote that we expected to do in my note yesterday.  The long-looked for letters came at last, two from the army and one from Aunts folks, another from Ettie Drummond and one from Braden of Indianopolis in reference to my land, I expect to get $75 for it this week, and make a quit claim deed for it, and you are to add your signature when you come home; that is not much for that much land, but with the encumbrances on it, I think we had better take it; don't you think it the best we can do under the circumstances? The letters I received from you were of the dates of Sept 25th and Oct 2nd, O! I was so glad to get them and together with the others, and hearing such a good speech from John Sherman, I was quite excited and as a natural consequence came home with a nervous headache from which I have not entirely recovered yet.  It pained me to hear of the troubles in your Regt, and yet I feel more indignant than sorry; I think you were right, and do hope you will come our right, but it is rather dangerous bus-
