state of N C green County sept 4 1863
govner vance plese your oner sar i
want to know if you are agoing to
sufer all the old an all the pore men
Cared off from thare wifes anlitel Children
an the negros left hear to plunder an
stell what litle we have an destroye
our famleys when the same time Rich
men Can and dus pay thare money to
Kepe out of the ware thare is one of my
nabors that volenterd under C[???]
now duse pay the grat sume of one thosen
Dolers a yeare to kepe hym our of the ware
he has 20 negros i reckon and he Dont Care
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what becomes of the pore wommen
an Children so [1] he is out thare is three
famles write Clost dore nabors the
husbans volentared an left thare
wives i have to waite apun them
18 munthes a go i volentard i had one
sun he wasant 17 yeares of age he
tuck my place he has never
had afurlow yet i am given to the
Rumetism ithink buy my
having that boy so long thare is
no orther man in the nabor hood
to asist the solgers wives but me
write me an ancer soon an let me know
wether iam Clare or knot ihav
an aflected wife an 4 Children one of my
letle sones has bin fitey fide [2] ever sence
he Cud Crale
James Hemby
to govne vance