[??] [???] [?] alabama
[tala co cum?] [bacon?]
May the 8 1864 Dear camp
anion it is through the tender
merses of god that I seat mi
self to let you now that I
am well at this time and
i hop that these few lines
will come saife to hand and
find you and the children
all in joy the same like
bleson mi Dear i can say
to you that i resevd yo
cind leter and it give mea
stis facton to her from you
but was sory to her of
mi baby bin sick mi dear
I want to sea you and the
children mity bad an talck
with you all i want you
to right to mea as often as
you can and pray for mea
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I will send you
Some paper an Some in
velops an mi pants an mi
draurs an mi coat an a Shirt
that i drade and i hav
drade a per of pants and draers
an a cote if i go away from
her i cant tack them with
mea and i want you
to right to mea wher you [1]
git them or not i will send
them by bob [j????] mi
dear i want you to use the
paper that i left the and the
invelops I want you to pray
for mea for god is A just
god her or ther [??] can [???]
prar [????] [????] I hant
for got to go to the woods
to pray yet an god [?????????]
mi prers i will cloze for this
time D H Mitchell to mr[s] rebecca j
Mitchell