Camp war Winchester november the 16 1862
Dear father an mother
I seat my sel to write
you A few lines to let yo
that I well at prsent an
I hope to you are in Joying
the same besing I want to see
yo all vear bad I am getting
sick of the war I think that
are fixing for A fight before
long I dont want to go in to
A fight par I want to see
yo and of [thar?] children
par we haftin to pay fifty
sents for hunney fifty
sents for porke doler for
A ploge of tobacker sen me
som Clos if yo Can get
any Chants to sen them
I havent got A letter letter
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from home in som time
yo must write ofting
for I loft to hear from
home I want to se cate
an molley noth more
at this tim
J H Williams