Camp Neir Charleston
January the 15 deir wife I take my
pen in hand to let you no that I
am well hoping when this com to
hand it may find you an the children
all well I reseved your kind leter
yesturday evening I was glad to heir from
you and to heir that you an the children
was well I seed in the casualitys of the
nineteenth Regment and I am sorow to say
that I seed the name of J. T. Boyd in
the list that he was killed Mary
I want you to bar with this as well
as you can I no it hurt you this can
not be help now I am sorow to heir of
it H. Hall was wounded in the
shoulder I will stop writing
this even an write more to morow
January the 16 this morin is cold an
winday last nigt was the wirst night we
had sinc we bin in camp it rain
an the win blowed hard it bloued
over severel tents; we have our tents heir
with ous a bout neirley all of the trups
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I wold send you sum stams if
I had them but I have ondly a
few at this tim I will send you
sum the first chanc I have
give my resepets to all of the frends
tel them to write to me this
leves me well an I hope it may
find you an the children well
I fele thankful to the lord for
I have bin blest with good helth
senc I have bin in camp we mus
loke to the lord for protecson
so I will have to close so nothing
more at presant but remaind
loevin husban till deth
Fenton Hall
To Mary Jane Hall