Dear Sister it seames that you have in tirly forgotton mee it seames like you have I have never Recieved a letter from your hand since wee left Kinston and I will haft to say what you did at Manassas you sayd you should wright no more till you got an answer and that is what I Shal say well as you have not wrote in so long you will surly write something what my girls sayd for I tell you I would like varry much to hear from them occasionly and the last letter you wrote you sayd you thought I night as will bring your and Marry a sweethart as well as [illeg] I will with the gratest of pleasure for I think our Co. afords as many gentlemen as any one in the southeren confedracy and they all say that they like the henderson girls
     when you write I want you to write a heap of fun for I like to read fancy letters I can say wee ar all well and as sassey as wee can well be and seeing fine times no more at prsant Yours as ever J A Shipman

Camp Manchestor, Near Richmond V.a.
June 19th/62

     My Dear Father I would have wrote you sooner but wee have bin on the schout one month and I have bin wating on you for an answer this makes 5 letters and have received no letter as yet our Regt. in considerably scattered 3 co^s is at Richmond and the other 7 at Ronoak in N. C. I an varry glad wee have got back to old v.a. wher wee got a plenty to eat wee ar in General Stured [i. e., Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's] Briggade but since wee left N. C. wee have lost 2 of our men John Harris and A. J. Bell has deserted it is thougt they have gon to the yankees our horses is in splendid order and wee will haft to try their nerv in a fiew days I think their is Hard fighting a going on in 6. milds of this place and wee ar wating all the time for orders and expecting them all the time wee have bin varry forchent in the last battles

wee Whip them in ever atact and I hope wee will continueit and I think wee will for the ladies if Richmond is Working all they can in our behalf their is about 20 la ladies visits our camp ever day and tells us to fight on their loss shal bee a pillow for the brave N. C. Boys if they get wonded and I think no man can dair say that they nice and brave ladies speak from impure motivs
our co. is in tolerable health and our hospittle men is doing will their has bin a considerable change since the last fight at Richmond the ladies have all went to the hospittle and the boys say that if it had not bin for them they would have died be yon all doubt I want you to write to mee how times is is and how you ar getting a long and who al is working with you tell Gran father and mother howdy for mee and tell them I would like to see them direct to Richmond Va in car Capt Wood .Co. G 1st N. C. cav

J. A. Shipman