Camps Rantoule Febuary the 18 1863
deir wife i take my pen in hand
to let you no tha i am well hoping when
tis com to hand it may find you an
the children all well i reseved your
kind leter last night i was glad to
heir that you was all well i am glad
that you have som one to git wood for
you i am glad that your farther can
do such turnes for you old Beny
Adams stad night before lase with ous
he left hir yesturday morning he is
coming to this companey when his regment
is dis banded he said Daved
Murdock an all the rest was well
he said tha[t] tha wold all be disbaned nex
tusday he said that William Furgurson
was lieing sick at sumerville
an was very low i have not mutch news to
write at this time thir has bin a good
meney trups pasing heir going towards
savanah thir is no news heir
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it is quit warme heir now Ganes Rumpy
has not returne yet tha ceap will to
wirke on him if he comes back heir
I will be glad that David Murdock
cod git to com hom I wish we all cood git
to go hom to stay give William an
Sara my respects tel them to write
to me tha ar looking for a fight
heir or that has bin the talk I wold
send you sum mor stamps if I had
them an I wold send you sum paper
if I had iney way of sendin it to
you if I git to see D Murdock if git
of I will tri to git him fetch sum
hom to you I will haft to close
for the want of sumthing to write
god bewith you an the children
I remain your loving husban till
deth Fenton Hall
To Mary Jane Hall
my love to you an the children