Poe53

Transcription: 

August the
4 1863
Camp Neer Chattnooga
Dear Miss I
a gin set my self to let you
now that I recieved yor cine
leter which wos rote the 26 of
July I received it with much
plesor I havent nothen new
to rite only I am well an
ar in hops thos fewew lins wil
find you well you rote that
my wife had started to see
me well she has ben to see me
an you buck you dont now
how proud I was to see her
com I doo blev she gits
priter ever day of her life
I have noe ware news at
this time but I have don
giv up that we are whip
I was glad to her from
William rite the name of
His postoffic an [Co?] an Regment
[Page 2]
an then I will rite to
him William Taylor an
Faytt M ar both well an doen
well soo nothen moare onley
excus bad riten an spelling
Mr Wm W Christian
To Miss Apsy Poe

Dear Granmother I set
my self to let you now
that I am well an ar in
hops thos few lins will
you well I havent nothen
new to rite onley my
wife has com to see me
an gon back I received
yor cine leter an was
glad to her from you
soo I will close by saen
I remans your gran son till deth
William W Christian
To his Granmaw Mcmillian
[Page 3]
Dear Miss I this morning
take my pen in hand to
in form you that I am well
at the present time an i
sinserly hop thos lines will
fiend you well an doning
lick wis I havent nothen of
much interesting to rite only
I recieved yor cine leter an
was glad to her from you
I dont recken thar are vere
meny young men up thire
now I never her of a weden
hirdle but when this ware [1]
ends I will her of them then
I think I wish it wod stop
soo good by till you rite
a gin to me
Mr Wm W Christina
To Rhoda Poe
[Page 4]
Dear Mrs I set my
self to let you now that
I recieved yor cine leter
an it fon me well an
doen well as cod be ex
pected you rote somting
a bot ben a frad she wode
nt git to see me for
the yankes but she has
ben to see me an gon bac
k home I was vere prod
to see her I think she gits
priter ever day of her
life I recken you was
glad to her from
William an her he was
a live soo will clos
rite a gin good by
Mr. Wm W. Christina
To Mrs Nancy Poe
 

Footnotes: 
  1. hirdle = hardly
Date: 
August 4, 1863
Collection: 
Poe Family Papers, 1858-1901

Author(s)

William W. Christian
Residence (County): 
Walker County, AL

Recipient(s)

Apsanah Poe
Name Variant: 
Apsey, Apsa
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL
Rhoda Poe
Name Variant: 
Rhody, Rhod
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL
Nancy Poe
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL
Nancy McMillian
Residence (County): 
Fayette County, AL

From

From State: 
Tennessee
From Municipality: 
Chattanooga, TN
From Note: 
Camp Near Chattanooga, Tennessee

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Genevieve M. Vallentine
Transcription Date: 
May, 2012
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
April, 2013

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