[Johnson served as a private in Co. B, 33rd NC Inf.]

thes May the 30 1863

Mr Govner Vance I
hierd asubstitite March
the 22 1862 and had him
Sowin [1] in for the war
and he is in survice yet
in the 33 Regt
in company B under
Captain Joseph
Ritchenson and is sound
and and Dos his part
of survice in the war
But he is under 40
and tha have arrested
mee on it and Brought
Mee to camp hlms
and in tends to keeps
mee in survice and tha
ar going to send Mee to
the 49 Regt of N.C. T
and some men tells me
wher A Man Put in
A substitute Bee fore
the Conscript Law
Past he is exempt
tha told mee when
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I Put him in survice
I was Clear for the
war and now tha thav
Brougt Mee A way from
my farm and ef tha
keep Mee my farm
is lost and My wife
is not able to walk
at this time and she
wont Bee soon and I
think I have don My
Part to wards this war
for it cost mee all the
Money I had in hand
and I cant Drill not
without suffering from
it verry much for I
have hurna on the
left side verybad and
I think my farm would
doo more god than I
can doo in the war
and I want you to write
to mee wheather my
substitute Clears mee
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or not or wheather
you think I ought to
Bee clear or not Sow
I Remain yours and Co
writ soon as you git this
Direct your letter
to Camp Holms
Amos T Johnson