CS June the 20th 1863
My Dear Companion it tis
with pleasure that i seat my
self to answer your cind an
wellcom leter tha come to
han this morning i was glad
to get it an her that you
an my loving Babe was
well an adoing well an the
wrest of the Famley but i
was sarrey that [Pet?] got hurt
Faney i havant aney thing to
Communicate to you at presant
hopen these fewlines will
come to han an find you an
my litle darling babe i
got one leter from sister S E
Gilpen dated April the 10 tha
was all well at that time but
Gramma Jones she was sick
sister got a leter from [Pap Jones?]
tha was well i also got one
from Lieu J W Jones an A J
Jones T B Reynolds tha was
all well it was dated May
the 25 i was glad to her
from thim your leter was
dated june the 13
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Faney uncle A J sed for me
to send you his best love
an respects to you when i
wrote to you my darling it
tis a heap of satesfacttion to
mee to Know that all of
my Conection thinks sow much
you my loving wife i do
wish that i was back thar
with you an my loving babe
i wish that i could a bin thar
to a went to Church with
you to a hurd uncle
Tomey Norris a preach then to
a went home with you an
taken diner with you Faney
i didunt hant hurd nary big
gun sence last Monday tell
this morning tha roard
powerful for a while at
vixburg i har her that the
yanks was undermining
Vixburg tha say tha intend
to hav that plase the Miss
ins ses if tha do tha intend
to quit the armey an go home
an quit fighten
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Faney this is the third
leter that i hav wrote sence
i bin her i in tend to write
to you ever week as long as i
get the chance pleas send mee
word how the Crops looks back
thar you nuver sed a word a
bout crops in this leter [???]
say wether the wheat you had
sode made aney thing or not
you wrote in one leter that you
had baught two bu of oats i
nuver hurd wether you got
thim sode or not faney give
my love an best respects to
pap an Mother an the girls i
want to see thim all very bad
tell thim that Wm & John
are bowth well excuse bad
writen for my ink is sow
pale it tont show a hardley
give my love to all the Conection
& friends i will bring my leter
to a close Good by my dear companion
for this time write soon i
nuver hurd wether you got my
[close?] or not i sent by tra[??]
Wm R Jones to M F Jones
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To Miss P H J Parker Dear
sister it tis thriew the cind
cindness of god that i am spaird
to drop you a few lines to let
you know that i havant
forgoten you yet pet i want
to see you all very bad tell
Lizey that i wood bee glad
to bee thar the 4 of july to
help hur eat watermilons &
Muskmilon with hur pet i
think of the garden vedgetabals
you hav back thar an i cant
get none at now prise pet
if tha is aney body coming to
the Co you get thim big
butens an send to mee from
faney an i will get some rings
made for you girls i hav tride
to get some butens but i [couldnt?]
got thim pet excuse mee for
not riten now sooner Kiss my
litle man for mee i want to
see him very bad Give my
love an best respects to all the
famley fare well for this
time Wm R Jones &