Convaslent hospitle Knoxville Tennesse
Oct the 22 1862 Too Mrss Nancy And Matthews
Dearle be Love & Affect wife and Sweet little
Babes & too all at may enquire after me i now Seet
My Self to rite to you for it is all off the pleasure
At I See is reteing home this leaves me inn mod
erat helth I calf a rite Smart & have a hirten [1]
[I??] my Back I have bin expose a heep Sence
I left home I hent lay in a tent but 2 nits
Sence i left Talladiga thoe i was admited
Last nite in to the Convaslent hospitle and
her i have a good Tent & Bunk to Lye on &
Notheing to doo but Stay her & eat & that eant
A hard job we git Beef & Lite Bread & some
Times fruit & Some Times coffey we have good
Water I think i can live her iff I dont take the
Feever nor noe other Dese Soe i expect to Stay
Rite her [onless I?] can git off home or South
From her & iff ever i git on the train to goe
Too Atlanta or Dalton you will bee apt to
See me I beleve i cood Stand the camp
pretty well iff i was to try iff it
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Want for marchin thoe [??]t travelon
Foot nor i dont entend to try eney more thay
Iss a bout 12 hundred men her on a bout 4
Acors off land & thay Die from 4 to 12 or Day
And the camps at i Stade in Last week has a
Bout 3 throusand in it and thay are camp
All Round Knoxvill for 3 or 5 miles thick as
Pine Saplens iss in the woods Bradgs armey
Iss comein inn ever our While i am rite
Ing the wageons iss rore en bye my tent &
Thes thiss morn ing at thay iss Severall
Cases off the Small Pock in Knoxvill
My Dear you must not git verry in will
Dooing & rember at my hart iss with you iff
My aperence ent I want you to doo the Best you [2]
Can & take cear off the Stalk as well as you can
And tell Miss Jane Davidson at i want hir
Too Stay with you tell i come home & ceep
Tamel iff you can & to Mother Jane I hant
For got you nor never will but i dont noe
What to Say to you for the Best you must bee
your one Judg how to manadg Soe good Buy
David Matthews