Chaphens farm June the 19 1864

My Dear wife and Child
thru kind providens I am in
the best of helth hoping theas
linds may find you all in Joying
the Same blessings Margret this is the
19 dayes that wee have bin a Soldering
tha has bin a heap of hard fighting hear
and it is Still going on I cant tell [whin?]
wee wil Get back to town Margret
I had the pleasure of Seeing the 3 batt
the other day I Staid all day with them
tha are gon over on the South Side tha
was all well tell Mrs Cooper that Dave
was well hee got the Skin nocked
off of the ball of his forer finger
J N Culbertson was well H Y furler was
Complaning with his Jos tha was [1]
but 18 of them Margret I have 400
Dolars to Sind to you the first chance
for the prospect is very bad for mee to
Get home as tha is so mutch fighting
a going on I will cum the very first
chance
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Margret times is hard a bout
hear but I think times will change
in a week or So Margret my pin is
So bad I will hafter close for this
time untill I can Get a better pin
and then I will rite more it is to
mutch like cuting with a dul nife
to rite with a bad pin So I hope
you wll excuse my Short leter
and bad riting Margret rite Soon
I want to hear from you and Son
So I remain your true and loving
husband untill Death
Corp W I Box
Mrs Margret Box and Son