the
Janauarey 10 1863
my Dere wif iwonse more tak my pen in hand
to let you no that i am well at this time and
i hop these fuw lines may find you inJoing
the same blesing we had agrat day yesterday we
had a gnrell re vuw and we marched all thruw
savanna two or thre times and thar was thawends
of peapel a look in at us and the ginril gavus grate
pras and hed sed that we was as good a ste of men
and under stoad ouer i nill as everey he seed
but it is evenis worke to see thre or fouer thownsed
men a riding on the gunes and cassoones and
all in a row and a gain as fast as the horses can
go but it is all in war times but i hop that
it will son be over i think that i saw perrey
hickum bothum yesterday but i am not serten
we was a goin so fast that i cood not tel posvtiley
but i hav maid inquarey all over town and i cood
her nothing serten of him but thar is sum folks
so that tha think that thare is a man her buey thate
nam if i had not a ben on drill i shoad hav ben
srten but i intend to goe to the regester offis
and in quar thar and if he is her i can find
him you can tel mrs hick um bathum that
i will Doo all in mey poure to find him
i rought to you not to let mr hill hav my mare
but after concrednin lete him hav hur if he will
trete hur will till i com hom if you cant Doo enney
better but he mist let me hav hur whene i com
hom if i want hur i hav had bad luck a loning
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horses and i dont lik to lend them out but
mister hill is a verrey fine man and i think that
he will Doo right but i want him to put hur to
to the house when she standes in ned and put hur
to a good horse and i will pay for it for i dont
want hur to be put to a bad horse Doo as you think
best want old mister wan tak the plase this
yere i think that sum boddey will worke ite
if i dont git back tim a nufe to tend it my
Selfe but i think that i shall com hom time
a nuf to tend it my selfe i want for nothing
as long as the monney last for i will com hom
i march and bring the rest of it and then i hope
that i shal Stay at home so i must com to
close but may god bles you and caladana
so fare you well onc mor mey Dere wife

S L Fuller