Sept the 24 Ad / 62
Knox County Tenn Wm R Jones
To Mrs Mary F Jones Dear wife
i once more take the opportunity of
writen to you unto let you now how i
am i ant wll i hav a very bad cole
an runing of[f] at the bowels tho i am
beter than i was a few days a go i
can go any wher a bout the camps but
if the Redgiment starts to march
i wood haf to bee left be hind
an severl others wood haf to be
left two i dont now when wee will
haf to start but i think that it twill
bee be fore many days jest as soon as
tha can get redy tha is a heap of Convelsens
her tha is over two thousa of thim
thar men that has bin sick an left
at the hospitles an bin colected together
to bee sent on to thair redgiment thar
from all parts of the Confederet states
tha was sent her to go threw the
Coumblen gap with us tha say that [1]
the 41 haf to go in frunt threw
the march it tis a long march
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sept the 25 My Dear i seat my
self to finish my leter which i coments
on yesterd i coments it to send by
Wooderd Morre but the Ganerl woodent
let him go tha air a going to send
aman out of Beele Hudgingses Co to
take money for four Coumpneys to
bee left at Judg Mcguirs wee hav
concluded to send some twenty or
thirty dollars a pease wee will put
it down in this leter Mary F i am
a heap beter this mornning i feel like
i wood bee able to march wee hav
orders to start on the 29 inst i think
that i will bee well by that time but
tha will bee severl left behind
sick i mutch wrother go with the Co
for tha is now telling when tha wil
get with thar Companeys thay will
haf to bee put with other men that
will bee lift behind then tha is
nou telling when thay will get with
us gain if tha ever do you must
excuse my bad wrighting my pen is bad