April
Camp Adams Run March the 6, 1863
deir wife I take my pen in hand
to let you no how I am giting a long
I am ondly tolrabel well I have the cold
mity bad and I have the cold had it
for sum time but I have never
stop for it I have a mity bad cough
Peter Burton is at the hospital heir
he has the phnumona he is giting beter
Michel Alewine has got back to camp
Robert Tucker is still at the hospital
he mends very slow John W Hall
got heir to day he sed that he seed
Davis at charleston he is in capt
Hill companey he sed that stevins
regment was moving back to Jamess
Islant I have not heird from Davis
sinc he lef heir till to day Mary I
have no news mutch to write to you
about the war tha say the yankes
is giting very pleny heir a long the
cost I was on picket las saturday at
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white Point I cood see the yankes
vesels tha war a bout thirty six or
forty of them thes vesels is liing in
Edestow river I do not no whether John will
git in to this companey or not Davis
cood not Joine it Mary John tole
me not to name him in my leter
you need not say iney thing about
him he was tow late a telen of
me not to name him I had don roate
sumthing a bout him in this leter
April the 7 Mary I have Just reseve your
kind leter I was glad to heir from you an to
heir that you was all well I am glad to
heir that you have as mutch money as you have
you wanted to no if I was willing for you
to pay the depts I am willing if you can
spar iney of the money if you pay
iney be shore to keep a nof to do you
if you pay iney I want you to pay
unkel Ezkel Hall five dolars that I
borowed from him to get corn with
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