Camp 33 Ala Regt Co (G)
this Dec the 31 AD 1863
Dear Wife
I this Morning seat my
self to rite you a few
lines which will inform
you that I am well and
harty at present and in hops
theas few lins will reach
you in deu time and find
you enjoying the same blesing
threw life L R L Adams is a
going to start home this morning
so I will send you a few lines
but I have nothing new to rite
to you wee air a gitting a long a
bought as common it is rainy
wether and wee air sitting in aur
huts around the fier taulking over
what wee want tu [be?] and [what?]
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[what?] [we?] want to come
to [pas?] the head [of it?] all
is the ware to close I want
you to send me a string
of pepper and some sage
and if [you?] s[???] th[????]
and if you need any thing
rite to me and when I come
home I will try and git it
for you send it the [first?]
chance that you get
their has so many gone home
that I think that you wont
be botherd much to send any
thing I will close f[??] I think
that it will take your best
to read this but I will do
better the next tim I am your
husband till Deth TT Bigbie
my respets to you all