State of Ala Jackson Co Ad
Sept the 6 Ad 1862 Long Isleland po
my Dear an affect tion wife iseat my self
to answer your cind and affection leter
whitch i rseaved from you i was the proudest
fellow you ever saw when i herd that [you] an
buda was will you had btter recon that
i felt bad when i herd that budy was
sick but i am sow glad that he has got
well Francis you wrote that you was a
going up to fayette to stay a while i hope
that you will bee thar when this leter
reaches thar wel Fania I wreckon that you
hav herd of the litle batles that has
bin clost her I was not in it nor nun
of our Co but tha was five Companes in
it from our Redgiment that was the last
fight tha was clost by the first one
it was at Bridg port the last one was
at Steavenson none of our Rediment got hurt
wee tuck awright smart from thim but
tha tuck the most of from thar while
the fight was a going on our men could
not tell whether thay was Reanforcreon
or not but it prove to bee mooven from
thar
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My Dear Com panion i can in forme
that wee was orderd to go to the last
fight but we was two late we went
about fifteen milds one night from our camp
wee was plast at Runing water bridg to
guard it when wee was orderd of wee come down
to our old camp wher wee air now that night
the nex morning wee was orderd to go to batle
Creeke whar our men shell thim our from
thar tha was well fortifide thar tha
had tuck that place from Capt Wrice tha
tuck every thing that he had burnt up
all of his building but his Dwelling
ha mad hed quarters of it our men shell
thim off from thar tha put Severl
bums threw the house i stade over
thar two days an night i saw a heap of
things thar the yanks left i got a pasel
of papers and one of the pretest Books & a
Testament iwas glad to get thim some
got blankets an other Clothen that was
good the yanks had burnt up all of
the fencis and destroad hiss crop an
a heap of others about nearly all of the
sitensons has tuk the oath so not fight
aginst thim
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Mary F. Jones I wood bee the
gla[d]est in the wourld to bee with
you while you air up thar in old fayette
to see all of my Conection an priends up
thar iwant you to tell all of thim
hody for mee an to pray for mee whilst
i am absent from thim all but my
thoughts an dreams ar of ten with thim
i hope my presants will with you all
bee four long it tis thout her that
the wor is most dun an i hope to god
it tis for it a hard life to live in
in camps to mee all the God has blest
mee with the best of helth an i do
prase him for it for helth is the best
thing in this world iam hever than i
hav bin sence i was maried i hav not
bin sick sence i left home ony three
days i was pewney tha is a good many
sick in our Co at this time but not as
mutch as tha has bin tha hav bin
12 or 15 dide in our Co none of my Conection
Uncle Nimrod dodson James dide up
her on the Look our mounten i did not
get to see him nor none of his Co turn over
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My Dear Companion i will send
this leter with Williams for feer
you ant up thar to get it out of the
offes wee will send thim bouth to
gether well Fania iwill tell you
something that i hav dun that i wood
not send home i hav quit the mess that
i was in be cause i was im posed on you
now who it tis without tell aney name
i quit on my one acorde i hav got in [on?]
best mess in the Co [W??] has gone with
m[att?] tell all of the Conection to
write to me how the boys is that
has gone off to wore i hav wrote two
leters to fayette an i hant got nary
answer yet fannia you must writ
as soon as you get this leter i started
one yesterd home sow good by for this
time when this you see remember mee
though many milds apart we
bee in the midst of the otim thar [1]
shall grow a green tree if i ever
prove falts to my charm Marey

Wm R Jones To Mary F Jones