Bunker hill Va July the 19th 1863
my Dear wife I seat my self to
ancer your Kind letter that Come to hand
this morning Bearing the Date of July the
8th inst and was verry Glad to hear from
you But I was verry Sorry to hear that you
was in Such Bad helth I hope that
you will soon Bee restored to your helth again
I am sorry to hear that provisions is so hy and
I think that the men ought to sell ther wheat
Cheaper than [they?] Do for I hear that the wheat [1]
Crops is Better than tha have Ben in many
years and that the Corn Crops is verry good
at the present I was verry sorry to hear of the Death
of your mother though I hope that she is Better
of than She was hear on this trubblesome
Erth ther is Nothing But trubble and greif
hear on this Erth the Rich men has got
all the poor men in aplaice where we Caint
help our Selves and we have to Do the
Best we Can I hope that we will have
our Day yet Befor we Die if the yankes
is going to Subgagate us I wish it would
would Bee Dun Before the Sun sets tonight
and if we we ar going to whip them
I wish it may Bee Dun By the Saim time
for I hap am gitting as tierd of the
war as any Boddy on this Erth
and I Dont think that we
will ever whip the yankes so that tha
wount fight us any more and let us have
peace we will fight them any time and
we generly git the Best of it according
to our Number But tha allways have as
many more men as we Do
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ther is some talk of us
going Back into mayerland and Penn
But I hope that we may Never go Back
ther any more for we lost lots of our
men By going over ther we got lots
of good Soldiers kild and woundred and
abandan & taken prisners that we
would Not have lost yet if we had Not
went ther I Dont think that the people
had ever felt the effects of the war in Penn until
we went went ther But I Suppose that tha felt
it when we went for we went tore up
the whole Cuntry when we went and our
men got all of the Best horses when
we went and tha got lots of Beeves and
I have seen the last Bushel of Corn and
the last Bushel of wheat and the last
pound of Bacon taken away from
the people and all of the chickens taken and
all of the hogs and sheep kild and eat But
that is not as Bad as tha have Dun our people
when we would Camp in Penn we Just
Burnt all the fencing that was any
where Near to us and turn all the horses
and Beaves into the wheat and Corn and
I know that our army Destroyd one
hundred thousand Bushels of wheat
in Penn I rote you [??] [hole in page] Short
letter yestrday you must Not send me
No Clothing But Some Socks when
Daniel Coggin Comes out hear I will
send you some money I hope to hear from
you again Shortley Nothing more only
Remains yours til Death
Mrs A E Coggin } Leiut E B Coggin