North Carolina Yadkin County February
the 17 ,, 1863 Mr Z. B. Vance after
con Siderable Solisattion I take this opper
tunity of droping you a few lines to in form
you of Som de Stres we wish to git Shet of
first is we have not got a nuf men in
the western part of this State patickler in
the county of yadkin to make Soport for the
womin & childre now without arry
nuther man Being taken a way we have
in a maner no Slaves in the cuntry our
farms in Jeneral are cultivated with
white men Second distrees is the white
men is taken & the mulaters or free
cullard men is left we the Sitazons
of this cuntry wish you to order them to
Been taken in camp for wating Boys for
we cant put up with ther maners here
they have Bee come pilphering & Sassy to
white woman we Just ask you to make
this order & doo it quick or we will Bee
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Ablige to put Some of them to deth for
this is wone cause of the con scrips dooing they
way they have if you had of had them taken
from this county I dont think they Battel wood
ov Bin faught on deep creek the 13 of February
with the con scrips & ofesers they was four
killd ded two conscrips & two ofesers & some
woonded and there has Bin Some Stabing
dun in other plases and the men Swars they
will fight til they dy Before they will go and
leave ther wives and daughters here and
they free negros & malatters not gon you
wood doo well to make order in Speed to
git them a way if you wood wish to get
eny more men in pees for they have Sware
they wood kill & they have dunit & they Sware
they will die Be four they will go with
out you will have them taken first So
nothing more at present But Beg to
excused for Bad Spelling & Bad riting
this from Confedrate frends