State of Tenn Knox Co Sept the 20 AD /62
Mrs Mary F Jones
My Dear an affecttion wife I this Bewtiful morning
seat my self on the groun to answer your chind
an affecttion leter whitch I reseaved from you yest[erday?]
as i came along on [the?] Cars you dont now how mutch [1]
plesure it was to mee to her from you an to her
that you an budda was well o that i could get
to see you an buda how glad wee i would bee i
woodent now how to bee have my self i exspect
i wood bee like som one that was Crasey my dear
i am sory to say to you that iam not well ihav
avery bad Cole at this time but i am a heap beter
than i was yesterday my lov i am sory to her that
Aunt Maryan Harris is ded an gran pap i wish that
i could hav seen Gran pap one time moore in this
world tho i think that he is a heap beter of than
wee air in this trublesome world my loving wife
an friends i hope if wee dont never meete in this
world i hope that wee will meat in a world that
is free from sin then wee can prase god in his hole
holley name Wm S N an John is bowth well
an apper sates fide A T Harkey is sick yet but
he is geten beter J R Sclton is not well J M
Harris is complain with cole wee air at knoxville
at this time wee left Chatanooga on the 18 an got
her the 19 i dont have now idey how long wee will
stay her idont think wee will stay long idont
now wher wee will go from her i hant now
newse to write at this time icant her none
in camps if you her any good newse send it to
mee my love if i could see you i could tell you
moore than i could wright in a week it twood bee
a heap more plesure to talk together than it
tis to wright tho it is a heap of plesure to
mee to wread a leter from you ihav got two
by male from you an one or two by han turn over [2]
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Fanina i hant got nary leter from now body but
from you an pet iwant to her from paps folks worse than
iever did in life be foore i think it tis time i was a
geten a leter from fayette i hav wrote two or three
to Fayette an two to pap i dont now how many to
you Fanney i am sory to her [?] [?]ap is sick i had [3]
herd it before M J Louises wif wrote i am misstaken
i think it twas aunt mary iherd that tha was a
heap of sickness back thar iwill bee on easey till i
her from you a gain for i drump last knight that wee
was at Pap old plase i thout that you looked beter
than i had seen you in a long time i hope that you
are an will bee sow tell Gran Mah that i wood bee
glad to see hur a gain tell pap an mother hody for
mee iwood bee glad to see thim shake pets an hattas
Paws for mee an ciss my sweet babes lips for mee
iwood like to see his red roseey cheeks an see him
spred is litle mouth Francis tell Sarah Goin that
Lafayt is her in our camps he has bin in the hospittle
sick he has started to his Co tha is a bout 4000 1400 of
thim that has jest left the hospitle i hav droad
my money i drodd $48 an 65cts i want to send $30 dollars
to you the first chance i can get iwill send some
stamp to you iwill send my leters with out payen
for direct your letters to Knoxville tenn Generl Maxey
brigade Jonesses devision 41 redg ala vol Co g then tha
will bee surten to come iwill send you and invelop
all redy back you can take a copy from it iwill
send you apin with a gole chane to it wright soon
an often for it tis more setes to wread a leter from
you than any body elce Good by for this time till isee
when i am a sleepe i am a dreemeen about you
when i am a wake i see now wrest every moment
seeme like an hour o that pane a cross my brest
tell mother that i take as mutch panes in talken
to hur boys as she wood i wrecken Good by agane
Wm R Jones To Mrs. Mary Francis Jones