Camp Rantole Febuary the 18, 1863

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 we
will leve heir to marow morning
to go back to Adams Run thir is a comp
aney com heir to night from our
regment to take our plase heir an
we will have to go back to the regment
tha ar looking strong for a fight
heir Bouagard has orderd all the
woman an chilldren out of charleston
I was over to charleston the outher
day I seed Waid an all the rest
of the bois tha war all well the
twenty forth reg is going down to
night to pocataligo thir is 75 vesels
in sit of charleston nex sunday is
the day the yankeys has set to
attack charleston thair is more talk
of fiting heir now than has bin
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sinc we have bin down heir no
one nous what tha ar a going to dow
Mary Glen has com back he sed
them brideles will be sent to James
Tompson when you write direct your
leters to Adams Run companey g
Aikens regment of cavlery John Burton
lef heir las sunday with out promishion
an has not return i have Just re seve your
kind leter to night I am glad to heir tha
you an the children was all well your har [1]
looks netcheral I will take good car of
it James Barnes is gon to the goverment
shop at greenville to wirk I am sarow
to heir of sickness in the naborhood it ma
kes me feel onesey but I hop the lord
will proteck you an the children an
I hop that he will proteck me an
tha I may return home to you an the
children I will write to you a gane when
I git to Adams run your loveing husban till deth
Fenton Hall to Mary Jane Hall