ginerl hospittle Tal Ala [1]
octo the 16 1863 Dear
Dear
wife I take this optuny of
writin you afew lines thies
leaves me in tolable helth
was taken last mondy nite
[wi?]th throwin up I was very [2]
sick the next day I am stil
menden I hope thies few may
com safe to hand an find you
and the famly well I hant got
nuthing good to write to you only
I heard from you by mr mackan
I was glad to hear from you and
to hear you wos well I wos sory
to hear that frances was sick
he tol me she was a little beter
I was glad to hear she was mend
ding I receved the bed tick I
was very prod of it I will
tel you about the sick tha is
7 from the bridg hear tha ar
all up but J.J. hodge and
J.C.B. Johnson tha ar both
very sick with the fever
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I dont know how long I
will stay hear I am as
stout as I was when you left
hear [the rest of the page is unreadable]