1863
Camp Adams Run May the 13
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 have bin
looking for a leter from you for the
last weke the last leter that I reseved
was the wroat the twenty six of Aprial
thir has bin a right smart sture
here for the last fore or five days all
the trups here is over on John island
and a parte of our regment is over their
tha went over thar to attack the yan[k]es
but tha have not don it yet
it is repoarted that tha have give it
out but our trups has not returned
yet a bout one o clock yesturday we hard
hevy firing doun at white pointe we
sune got orders to go doun thar we
went doun thar in a hurey but the
yankes was all gon tha had run up
to white point with tow gun bots
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tha sheled the woods an run
our pickets back but don no dameg
we picket over the woods but found no
yankes tha did not stay long tha soon
returned back to the blocked every thing
is still as far as I no this morning
May the 14 Ganes Rampy got back
hear yesturday morning the capt had
him put right strate in the gard
house he will be apt to stay thar a
while thar is all wase a bout fourteen
or fifteen in the gard house James
Barnes has got back to camp he com
yesturday morning well Mary I have
Just reseved your kind leter I was
glad to here from you an to here that you
an the children was well I am glad to
here from all of the frends I am glad to
here that wheet looks well you sead
that you was a goin to by sum flower
and send it to me I dont want you
to send me all you have got I want
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you an the children to live wele
an let me dou a thought if iney one [1]
has to do a thought you wa[n]ted to no
if I wanted iney close I have tow good
shirts an the same douers that I fetch
from home I have tow par of
woolen pants I am not a needing iney
at this time I wold like to have a par
of coton pants to war but I have as
meny close as I ought to have in
camp tel Jane that I will try to git
her sum palmetto if can
an send it to her it is hard to com at
I have not saw but very few trees of it
yet an tha had nothing on them
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tha war all trimed May the 15
tha have give out the fight on
John island at this time Mary I
want to no if Essa an Thomas has
groad eney an if tha ar as purty as tha
was when I lef hom an if Thomas
has got to talking tel Essa to be
a good girle I do wish I cood be at hom
with you an the children I will com
hom sum time to you an the children
if it is the lord will : I will put my
trust in the lord I want you to do the
same I will have to close for this time
so nothing more at presant but your
loving husban Fenton Hall Mary Jane Hall