C.R. Ogden to Elisha Ogden

Canton Illinois Febuary 25th 1863

Dear Brother after my Best Respects you I can Inform youthat we are all well Except my Self and I am on the mend the connection is all well So far as I no I hope when you Receive this letter it it will find you better if not well I have ben writing to you for Some time but Received nothing yet I want you to write to me Evry week and let my no where to write to I am going to Iway to make a Crop I would like to have you a long I got tierd of the war and I come off home I have ben at home a bout a month and I have not ben bothered

this Country is full of deserters they are coming home evy day they Say if any body comes here to hunt them they will meet bad weather they Say there another call for Six Hundred thousand mor men to be RaySed by draft the people here is prepairing there Selves to Resent it they say thay will die be fore they will be drafted Iowa is about to Join the South I want you to write to me and let me know what you are going to do don't under take anything that you cant get thru with if you want any help or money you must let us no

if you Could meet me any where in Missouri or any where Else I would take the tiem and come after you if you can let me no what you can do by the first of April I have wrote to dave for him to come home he wants to make a Crop in in Iowa to the old folkes is wiling to move to Iowa if we can find a place that Soots us write to me Soon as posable and let me know what you think of things direct your letters Milton Odgen Canton Illinois no more at present but Remains yours C. R. Ogden

Elisha G. Odden

Pitcher and the girls have have wrote to you Regular all winter but they don't Receive any answers from you they got two letters from Johnston John Mc got one now if you are able to write I want you to do it let us no how to direct our letters So you will get them no more Rite Soon

C R Odgen Elisha G Odgen