Dear Parents,

I take this opportunity to let you know that I am well and I hope these few lines will find you the same.  We are now encamped about two miles from Beverly Ford.  We crossed the Rappahannock on the 10th at Rappahannock Station.

The weather is getting pretty cold.  If you have any money that you can spare, please get me a pair of woolen gloves by mail. Get some as thick and heavy as possible for it is very cold riding.  It won’t cost much to send them, ten or fifteen cents.  If you haven’t the money that you can spare as well as not let them go till I send some.

We are in the reserve yet but expect to join the cavalry soon.  The 6th Corps moved past here to the front this morning.

I have not received any letter from you since we left Culpeper.  I wrote two there but have not wrote since.  If you don’t know where we are, direct your letters to Amy of the Potomac, Washington or elsewhere with my main company and regiment.  Write soon. Goodbye for this time.    My love to you all.