Daltin Gorga
December the [16th?] 63

Dear Miss I a gin imbras
the pleser of riten you a few line
to let you [???] that [??] reseved 3 or [???] [1]
[leters?] which give me grat satisfa[??]
to her youns was all well an doen
well as you war yor cine leter fond
me well an thos few lins levs me
well an all the rest of yor [family?]
well an doen like wise I havent nothen
new to rite more then the yankes
has whip us an run us to Dalton
[????] we dident [???] [???] men out of
ore Battry I wish you cod A ben
with me on the 25 of November
you cod a sen the master site you
ever saw you cod A sen the yankes
Taken the Lookout Monton I saw it
all my self an then tha whip
us offen of the Mishonary Ridg an
we had to run we run to the [T??]
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I never saw such times as we had
I did com very neer given out
I dont Love to her the name of a
retreat I reseved a leter from
salsbury.N.C. las nite tha
[?]as tha ar a grat deal of talk
[??]ear thire I wod be very [glad?] [if?]
tha wod fix som way to make peas
you sad somthing a bot my old
lady I wos very prod to her of her
ben well you sed you wisht the
ware wod clos sos all the old men
cod git to come home to thire
Wivs I recken you had rather for
som of the yong men to come
home sos you cod git you A old
man I think this ware will end
be fore all the young men do git
kill I noe youns all think it ar
A long time be fore it ends
I wish I cod git to be thire a
Chrismus tims soo I cod see som
fon I want you you to think of me
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A Chrismas I noe I cod see
A heep of fun thire for tha ant
noe young men thire I cod shine
a mong the yong Girls for tha wodent
be noe yong men to pester me I
want yo to take all the Chrismus
you can for me for I cant see noe
her William Taylor ar well an
doen the best he can an yor
cozen J. I. L. Mc ar well an doen
well I recken the caverly has
got nerle all the yong boys I think
tha had beter all turn out an
goe an help us whip the old yankes
for we need all the help we can
git tha ar a bot 3 or 5 to ore
wone her an when tha take a noshen
to whip us tha jest run over us an
make us arun or all be taken an
we perfur runen be fore ben taken
but I hate to run from a man
but i have run an ar a frad
will have to run a gin be fore
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Pes ar made you name the
prise of severl things you dont noe
nothen a bot things ben hie in
liss you war wher the Arma had
ben an then you wod noe something
a bot things Ben hie I recken I had
beter bring my leter to a clos
ben that I ant interesten youns
eny an as for William Poe I ant
herd from him in some time i
want you to give my love an best
respect to all the in qirens girls
an Ceap. A deposhen of it yor
self nothen more onte reman
yor true an loven Frin un till
deth Good by till you rite
to me A B C D E F G

W. W. Christan

To Miss Apsy Poe an
Rhody Poe an Nancy
Poe