1863
Southcarolina Adams Run May the 29
my deir wife I take my pen in hand
to let you no that I am well hoping
when this coms to hand it may find
you an the children all well I reseved
tow leters from you to day I reseved the
leter that you sent by John Hall he
gavet to a man that belong to this
company at Hodgs Depot I reseved one
also at the same time by male I was
glad to here from you I am sorow to here
that the children is not well I hop tha
will sone git over their bad coles you sed
that our weet looks very well I am glad
to heare it I wish I cood git hom to save
cut it but thar is no chanc to git of now
I no you wold be glad to see me I do not
no how you will git it cut the wheet cut
every body has a I reckon has as mutch as
tha can do at hom but I hop that you will
git is cut and saved I no if you an the
children shod live you wold neat it I wish
this war wold com to a close an ous
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all go hom I wold like the best in
the wild to be hom with my loving wife
an children and I hop an trust to god the
tim will soun com when I will git to be
with you an the children you sed that
thir was sum talk of the old men being
orderd of but I do hop tha will not have
to go Mary when you pay Wickliffe
git that noat I give him what I oue
him is on a noat what I ou Wackfield
an Cason is on Book a count you can
pay Davy Murdock I ou him for sum
iron I do not no how mutch it is I reckon he
nous our mess is all well but Michel Alewine
he is at the hospital yet I do not no whether
is iney beter or not thir was one man out
of our company died to day at the hospital
his nam was Whitfield Stricklen
he was from Anderson District well
Mary you wanted to no if Peter Burton
an Mikel Alewine had a fight tha
had no fight tha had a litel fus Michel
Alewine tryd to storm Peter Burton
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batery but did not make narey
charg on it I think tha will git
right we had a hep of rain yesturday
an las night an it looks like it will
rain mor I am sorow to hear that stvens
regment had los thir men I heird that
captin Hill company was neirley all
taken prisners if tha ar taken it is
beter than to hear of them being kiled
thir is no news mutch here to write every
thing is still here Mary I fourgoton to
tel you that I oad R L Tucker a litel
it is a litel [loate?] that I give him
for sum saving but I want you to
keep a nuf of money to by what you
need i will give yow the names of our
picket postes I will comence at the nies
one to charleston an go west first
lerochers; litel briton; white point;
Edestow ferey; Pineburey; grimbels;
Willtoun; I will drop a few mor
lines in the morning as I have wroate
all that I can think of now
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May the 30 it is stil cloudy an looks
like it will rain mor to day you sed that
you wanted me to git a furlow if I cood an
com home to cut the wheet if thir was
iney chanc to git hom to cut it I wold com
Mary I want to no how mutch ground was
soad in wheet an hou mutch of that old
ground was soad I want to no if you got the
gale wheet an the white wheet boath soad
let me no if you have iney gardien comin
on an how the potatos com up I am a bout out
of sumthing to write I paid tow dolars a quiar
for this paper that I am a writing on I sent
for it by to charleston by captin Miot
for it I will have to close for the want of
sumthing to write give my best respects
to all of the frends so nothing more at presant
but stil remain your loving husband til
deth Fenton Hall To his loving wife
an children Mary Jane Hall when
this you see remember me with my
loving wife an children I wante to be
Mary Jane Essa an Thomas Hall