the state of ala
the State of alabama mobile county
may the 27 1862
mi der i this day saet mi self down to
[??nat] you a fu lines to let you no tha we
ar tolibol well at this time J W Rogers is
a like better this morning and i hop
this fu lines ma find you well when tha
com to hand and all the rest and i wont to
se you all i nevr hav bin as fer from you
be for and i hop i wil son return back
to never part as fer eny more for it i
the hots plase her i evr Sead and [si?de]
to ef i had none as much be fore i [left?] them as
i do now i never wod a bin hear for
i se the pore men has it all to do
William S Poe was born April the 26 13 37 and
was mared nowmber the 28 1861 Rhoda Rogers Was