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Richmond - Tell [ Pero????] from
me that he must by no means
think of joining any company. It is
enough that two of us should be in
the field. It is the duty of the other one
to stay at home & he is the only pro-
per one of us there to do so, I am
unmarried & of coourse ought to go.
Thompson was before me in becoming
a soldier & the oldest is the one who
should stay & take care of those who
are left behind - Besides he is a Father
& I hve no idea of my nephew's
losing his precept & example.
I trust quiet may be restored soon
enough to enable me to pay you a
visit before the Spring or at any
rate before the Summer is gone
Give my best love to [Pero???] & my
love too to Aunt Lockie & all her
family - Good-bye, my dear
Fanny. Your attached brother
J. Willcox Brown
Write to me, 4th Battalion, Near Norfolk.