Bigbie24

Transcription: 

Tunnill Hill Ga Jan 25 (64 [1]
Dear Wife I this morning take the oppert
unity of riteing you a few tines which will
inform you that I am well and a gitting a long
very well and I truly hope that this will finde
you and all of your father family enjoying
the same blesing L W is well and ses that he is
[well?] [???] the boys is all a gitting a long very well [2]
as the wether is very pirty at this time W W Hathaway
is a going to start home in a few days he will
cary this letter fer me I started a little
to you a few days ago by mail and
I sent you and your mother a paper of kneed
les a peace rite to me if you got them if I had
new theat Hathay would of got off I would
of cept them and sent them by him Hathaway
ses that he well bring any thing for any of us
that any of you wants to send so there is
severl of us has concluded to send for some
things G D Bush Lish and Dick Miller
and W Marsh has concluded to send for some things
by him I want you to send me a bought one side
of meat and my tin jug full of surup and some eggs
and a big patater bun baked and some sauceadges an eggs
is worth 50 cts a peace here I rite fer what I would like
to have and you can send what you can wee all send fer
a bought the same tell your pap that if any
of them will help hathaway to the river with
the things that wee will pay them fer thir trou
ble I want him to see that they air sent I would rite
for some butter but I no that you have not got any
fix the things up in a bun and mark them [3]

Footnotes: 
  1. letter written on the back of a Confederate discharge form
  2. beginning of line obscured by fold
  3. bun = bundle?
Date: 
January 25, 1864
Collection: 

Author(s)

Unit: 
Co. G, 33rd Alabama Infantry
Rank: 
Private, Sergeant
Residence (County): 
Dale County, AL

Recipient(s)

Residence (County): 
Dale County, AL

From

From State: 
Georgia
From Municipality: 

To

To State: 
Alabama

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Shiloh Peters
Transcription Date: 
April, 2012
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
April, 2013

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