To Mary Milroy From RH Milroy Feb 11 1862

              Huttonville W. Va. 
 			Feb. 11. 1862 
 
My Dear Mary, 
		I recd. yours of the 29th 
inst. & am much pleased to hear that 
the children are getting over the measles 
so finely. It is much the best that they have 
them while young & at home, as they will 
now be out of all danger from them through 
life. My poor boys of the 9th are suffering 
terribly from them, about 300 of them are 
down with them last week. 13 had died 
& some four or five more expected to die the 
last I heard from them. It is very unfor- 
tunate for them that they left Cht. Mtn. Sumt. 
At the time they were taking them, as the  
change of climate & exposure in coming 
down out of that region has caused the 
measles in many cases to turn to the black 
measles & past medical remedies. They are 
still at Feterman & I hope they will be 
permitted to remain there till they get better. 
For near half the Regiment are now unfit 
for duty on account of measles, mumps, etc. 
but they are getting better.