1863
Mississippi May the 25
Dear Father I Seat myself
to let you now the news in
mississippi we are in five mile
of Jackson I can tell you
father I am where I
never expected to be we Started
from Savanah last tusday
and we have bin Studdy
a gonine I am up a bout but
not veary well Isaac is
Sick but not bad Clinton
he is Sick we left
him wa[y] be hine I cant
tell you the place he was
prtty Sick thay have bin
fiting in Jackson a
day or so back we went thrue
a grat meny citties but I
cant tell you meny of
there names there is rite
Smart of our boys Sick now
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we went on cars only a 74 miles
on boats we have bin a long
time a coming but we ant
fer from the now you
nead not to rite us untell
I rite again if I ever doo
rite eney more but if I live
I will rite we ant Station
yet So that is the reason
I dont want you to rite
I Saw lots of prettyes coin of [1]
Girls all a long from
Savanah untell I got
to Mississippi I cant rite
much at this time I thaught
I would rite back and
let you her from us
So I must come to a
close by Saying I remain
yours truly and affection
ate Son untell Death
John E George J E George