Wesson4

Transcription: 

Camp Stone Wal tala Ala
January the 20/ 1863
Dear wife and children I take this
Opertunity of riting yo a fu lines
to let yo no that I am in beter
helth than I hav bin in for Som
time hoping these lines ma com Saf
to hand and find yo and the cildren
ingoying the Same blesing of god
Jain thar is a cal her for 3
hundred men to go to vicks burg
and tha ar drafting them and
tha tuck my name I dont no that
I wil hav to go fr Surtin yet but
I am myty furd I wil hav to go [1]
I herd yo had a pear of britches
for me I wod like to hav them
if yo can get the chance to Send
them in a fu days I am out
of money and I wont git to draw
aney before we lev her Jain I
wod like to com home before
I lev but tha is no chance
[page 2]
Jain Dea wif I hav got to go
to vicks burg I wil hav to Start
the last of the weak I wil try to
git to com home if I can but
I am afrad tha tha wont let me
do it my close is al durty I
want to git Som washing don
to day if I can Jain take car
of yor Self and children and
lock to god for help I hop I wil
liv to git home a gain but I dont
no whin if yo get this and has
the chance to Send me a par of
pants in 3 or 4 day yo can do it
thar is grat con fusion in this
camp Jain I did not volintear
to go for I had got the promas of
going to the bridg So I must close
but remaines yor loving husban
til Deth good by to yo and al the
children if I dont git to com
by home Joseph E Wesson
to his wife and Rachel J Wesson
children

Footnotes: 
  1. furd = afraid
Date: 
January 20, 1863
Collection: 

Author(s)

Unit: 
Co. K, 42nd Alabama Infantry
Residence (County): 
Talladega County, AL

Recipient(s)

Name Variant: 
Jain
Residence (County): 
Talladega County, AL

From

From State: 
Alabama
From County: 
Talladega
From Note: 
Camp Stone Wall

To

To State: 
Alabama
To County: 
Talladega

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Allen VanNess
Transcription Date: 
May, 2011
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
May, 2013

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