173   We are camped one and one half miles from Pocahontas now South. Our camp is called Camp Missouri. I have never been so well and hearty in all my life as I have been since I got over the spell I had before I got to Little Rock. I get heavier every day. If continue long I will weigh 180 and that is enough for any body to weigh. We will be sent into Missouri when [we] are moved. There are the prettiest Rivers here in the world. You can see the Fish swimming about in them. And Springs in abundance. Most of them though are lime. We are accustomed to lime water though now, so it does about as well as any. And I have to acknowledge that I never saw any rock before this last trip. Neither did I ever see Corn Country before either and the best of crops the farmers say. I think I will wait writing any more until I get letter from some of you. I have nothing more to write.   Give my respects to all. Yours as Ever Newell McEachern     Camp Hardie Arks Sept 11th 1861   Miss S. S. Smith Dear Friend Your very welcome favor has been on hand some time and I gladly would have answered it ere this time, but I just returned day before yesterday from the Hospital at Pocahontas & all letters that came to the Regiment are sent out in a package & then distributed to their owners. You may rest assured that it always affords me the greatest of pleasure to hear from home, & especially when it is a letter from one of the Girls, but with the exception of you & Mrs. Williams the Girls have all failed to answer my letters (especially Bettie & Carry [?] ) I have written to no others especially, though I included all in general letters. You said in your letter you wanted to know how the boys died. I thought we had written sufficiently on that subject but will gain [tell] all the best I can.           Contents  Words  Study Questions  Related Sites Next Page