South Carolina
Laurensdistrict Aprile the 23.18.62

Deer son I onst more embrase the
opertunity of droping you a fiew
lines to let you know how we are
all geting on we are all well but
yoar mother she is stil about the
same I hope that this may find
you all well and dooing well I
reseivd aletter from you last knight
which informed me that you was
all well the 20 which I was glad
to hear you sed that you had not
reseivd aletter from me since I left
camp but I recon that you hav by
this time for I started one last friday
to you and it had afiew lines in
closed in it for H P Taylor which I [1]
want him to get and answer them
to me as soon as the natior of the case
will alow I want you to rite amediate
ly and let me know whither you
reseived it or not you sed that you
wanted sum cotton close we will
send you sum cotton socks by the
barer of this letter and a small peas
of Sand paper which I found in yoar
close that I braught home which
I suppose that you kept to rub yoar
gun and did not intend to send it
home yoar uncle fayett has volentear
and is going to bring his family up
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in this settlement and go to the
army he is going to the cavelry
yoar uncle roaling is home on a
sick furlow he is very poarly I will
send you one pare of coppeas pants
by the barer of this letter and will
send another pare as soon as I can
get them red dy you hav avey good
par of pants hear that wold doo
you sum good that you got last
sum mer at sam tods if tha are
not too small rite to me if you
want them what else you want
and I will try to get it for you
yoar mother ses for you to send
yoar close home when tha begin to
brake and we will try to send
new ones in thare plase and to not
try to mend without it is to sow
up aript seam or sumting
of that sort James N Culbertson
has sent his pistol home and
ses that tha was not aloud to
keep them that tha was to be
took from them this may not
be the case in yoar camp but
if it is you wold doo well to get
lieut watkins or sum of yoar of
ficers to keep yoars for you onlley
when you keed it but I hope that [2]
tha are not that tite on you I will
hav to close Becca sends houdy to you
giv my repects to all the Boys J M Culbertson