Camp Near Cedar Mountan Va June the 14th / 63
Mrs A E Coggin My Dear and affectionet Companion
it is with plesure that I seat my self to
Drop you afew lines wich leves me in
good helth at the [present?] [???] [???] [1]
may Come to hand in Due time and find you well
and Doing well I have No Nuse to right to you at the
present time we have moved to [Sena?] I rote to you the
last time we ar Campt Now Near the plaice
where we fought the first battle that our Regt
was in that was the Battle of Cedar run that
was the plaice where tom right got woundred
and I have Ben over the Battle field to
Day and I Could See plenty of sighs of the
[???] [line obscured by fold]
ground I Could See the Sculls of men leying
on the ground I Saw saw meney Shoes
leying on the ground the Bons of the
mens feet in the Shoes I have Saw Several
Cannon Balls that was Shot During the
Battle I went to the plaice where I was
During the fight and I Cannot see
how I Come through Saif though I think
[that?] it was By the power of the almity that
[???] permitted to get through saif [??] I
hope that the almity may guid me
Saif through all the rest of the Battles as
he has Dun in gone By Das if I Should
ever Bee in another Battle and Should have
the good luck to go through saif I shal thank
the almity god for it I [????] that I am in
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great Danger of my lif in time of Battle
though ther is many more Basids me that
is in danger it may Come to my lot
to fall on the Battle feild or git wound ed
Sick and Dy [???????????] [2]
Dye I cannot Say how that will Bee
though I hope that I may got to see you
my Dear and my Sweet little children
once more if I Could See you I Could
tel you many things that I Cannot right
as for this war Stoping I Dont See any
prospect of it Stoping for tha ar making
preperrations every Day to Continue it Both
South and North the yanks Say that the
will [whip?] us [???] [3]
will whip us as long as we have men
Enugh to fight tha may run over our Southern
Stats in several plaices though we will
fight them any time and we all ways go
into it wih the entention of whiping
them or Dying in the attempt we git
plenty to eat Now at the present [??] [4]
we got the boys all Draw one pound [??]
flour and one half pound of Bacon per D[??]
[line obscured by fold] that I eat I [??]
pay 120 cts for Bacon and 25 cts for flour
flour Beef Sells at 50 Cts I Dont By
any Beef when I Can git Bacon
for Beef Dos Not agree with me when
it is fresh I love the tast of the Beef
while it s fresh through it Dos Not
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agree with me I Some times By
Bacon from the Country people
my rations Costs me verry hy I have
some little money that I Could spar
to you Now if I had achaince to sende
it to you I will send [??] some
money as soon as I git the chaince to
send it By hand to you every thing is
verry hy hear and I know that ever ything
is verry hy in ala I Dont git Nothing But
what I have to By I had amess of Butter
for my Dinner today Butter sells
hear from 3 to 4 Dollars per pound I Have
not [se??] letters to you hear of late and
Not got [???] you sence [5]
I have Come from the hospital I wount
you to right to me soon and let me
her from you the helth of our regt
is tolerble good at the present time
we have Some sickness in our regt
I must Close for the present time
yours til Death
Mrs Anne E Coggin Leiut E B Coggin
Rosetta Coggin
Gerge Ann Coggin
Erley C. E. Coggin
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Camps [Ga?]Mr E B Coggin Lemuel M
Camps Compeney H Webster
Near 47 Ala redgment Aurgustus
Raper In the Car of Capan E Carlile
an Sta Burton James Y Carlile

[Cenl line?] William W
Carlile Bertha
J Carlile
Matha Y Simes
Sarah E Simes
John W Sines