Febwary the 26 1864
Camps Near Hanover
Junction Dear Father I Seat
my Self to drop yow Afew
liens to Let yow know that
I am Still mending I feell
tollibol well at the present
But they all say we look verry
Bad Father I return to my
Command yestoday eaving I
Recon yow are looking for
me I if nowthing happens
I will get home when they
Boys Returns Back what is
at home on furlough ever
thing is qwiet on the lines
Father I serpose yow will want
to know how I got to my
command I will tell yow
how I got their I went
to see [???que?] And
he told me if my captian
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wowld Scine me Apass he
wowld Approve of it And
I done So And general [????]
Approve of it And then it
had to gow to general Lee
So that is Anuf on that
Sub ject So I will close
asking yow to Right
soon from W H Brotherton
to Thomas Brotherton

Mowther have faith Ithink
I will get home before
Long
I
Remain your
trwe son tell death