1 Aug the 18 AD 1862
my Dear wife i once more take my pen
in han to let you now that i still
keep well and i hope these few lines
will find you and the babe bowth well
and a doing well i dont hav mutch to im
portence to wright to you at presant ony
the report says that thay was a bout
tenn thousan of the yankeys Come
over to our side and giv up to us tha
was below Chat tanooga when tha giv up
that was good new to mee but tha say
that tha air beter neuse that to us if
wee could get to her ir the newse come
on the telagreaph but the maniger is
not aloud to tell it he wrote telagraph
back to now if he might tell it but
tha woundant alow him to tell it
i think that wee will her it be foure
many days Generel Morgan has bin a
whirpen the enemy powerfull bad
and he has burnt up severl bridges
and tuck severl Prisners and Child severl [1]
and lost sevrl but not as many as the
north has may God bless Every body
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my dear and loving wife iwill tell you
about the [setlen?] Redgiment it tis not
very good tha is a heap of sicknes her at
this time and s[t]ill adying i hav bin
a helping to dig a grave this morning for
woods he belong to our Companey he
dide last knight he was perflectley
willing to dy he dide hapy the waters [2]
say he wanted thim plase his hands
and feet he was in his sences tell
he dide o that every body could dye
in the same sperit that he did he
will bee put in his cold grave this
eavning wee hav lost thirteen out
of our Company and a heap sick at this
time but all is a getting beter now
James Lary is in the hopitle but [3]
he is agetten beter James Savadge is [4]
sick he is amending J Hewette and [5]
J R Skelton Wm R Madox R B [6]
Harkey is all puney but air able [7]
to bee up and knock about the
Camps wher tha pleese Uncle Mat [8]
Narice has bin complaning but he is
ageten beter
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3 Charleston Tennessee Aug 18 1862

My Dear Compaion iagain drop you afew lines
about Sutch Clothes as iwant if you
can get thim iwant one par of janes pants
one par of socks one shirt one vest one par
of glovs and uniforme and overcote and a
knit Cap if you can get it for tha cant
bee had her and a par of shoos if you
can for winter if you cant get thim to Green
Tuckels stoore by the first of octtober
tha will bee a man detail to go after
thim i will quit this subgect wee droad
six huntrd stands of arms last saturday
tha aur the infeel wrifrel our Co droad a 50
i got one wee hant droad now money yet
nor i dont now when iwill i hav eight
dollars yet but i will hafto get a hat
when i can jet the chence tha ant none
her our armey is all aleaving Chattanooga
and is acrosen the Tennessee River and tha
air all aleaving knoxville invancen on
the enemy wee air aleaving ordered to
got to Chattanooga that is eight Co to
guard the town two Co to guard the
bridg her