Near Richmond June 21
Dear Sister
           I   received your letter & I assure
you it was very welcome  for it was the
first I had received for more than 3 months
and was anxious to hear from Bro H. We were
returned from picket day before yesterday &
brought up here.  We are about a mile from
Richmond on the road leading from Berkeley[?]
in one of the most forsaken looking places I ever
saw.  I havent seen Mr L[?] for a long
time & he  is at his house boarding  with
Mrs McKenney. it is a pretty hard place
to board I ate super with him [?]
& I could get as good a one as I got here
in camp.  meat & bread & rye coffee I can first
rate cook now myself.  Our boy went home
& we have to cook for our selves & can
make as we havent [?] one.  the only
difficulty I have is to make them round
but they are  [?] though when they are
warm We dont get any thing but flour & bacon
to eat now but plenty of that is spoiled
bacon some of it as