Camp Walker South Carolina
Febuary 23rd 1863} Mrs Catharine Lefevers
Dear and ever loving wife I seat my self
one time more to rite you a few lines to lette you
now that I am well at this time and hope this may
safely reach you and find you and the childrean all
in good health Dear Catharine I can say to you that
I am at a place that one weake a gow I had now
eye dea of ever getten hear we left wilmington
last fryday night and landed at this Camp last
night a bout mid night we had a long road to
travail But we come own the cars all the way
we come own to Charleston and from Charleston
we taken the savana Railroad and we air
now stationd Betwixt Charleston and savana Ga
we air a Bout 60 miles from Charleston and
about 30 or 40 miles from savana ga Dear wife
we was Run hear with the Expecttation of a
fight But every thing is stil quiette yet
we can not tell at the present whether
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their will be enny fight near hear or not we
air in 15 miles of a large force of yankes at
Front Royal there is a Big fight Expected
some wheir Betwixt hear and savana ga But
I am in hopes that the most of the Big fighten
is over But if we stil have to Keep fighten
the sooner it is don the sooner the War will
close for it appears that neather side will
give up tell one or the other is whiped out Dear
wife I have thout of you a milion of times
since I have saw you it is now a gowing own
Eleven months since I saw you and the dear little
childrean and the lord only nows But what it
may Be that much longer Before we get to sea each
other a gain In this world and probely we may
neaver be permited to see Each other in this
world a gain But as I allwais have praid to
the good Lord that if we neaver get to Sea
Each other in this world I have the hopes
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and Confidence of our Bleased Lord that we
may meet Each other In that happy land
wheir we will neaver Be permited to part
now more Dear wife I have thout sow often
often of what you tolde me before I came to the
war I have Bin sorrow a menney a time that
I did not take your advise a Bout comen out
to the war But I was serten at the time I come
out that I would Be Bound to come out But sow
it is it cant Behope now and my Dear wife
If ever I live to get threw with this war I alwais
will take your advise hear after In Enny thing you
say Dear wife that was the only time that ever
you tride to Interfear with ennything that
I undertoock to do and If ever I get home again
I will alwais take your advise In Ennything
you say Dear wife I want you to take as good
cear of your self & the little childrean as
you can and if you nead enny thing for your
self or the child to make you comfortable
I want you to get it for as long as I live
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[Written upside down at top of page]
[Direct your letters to Charleston
S C In cear of Col. E D Hall 46 Regt
NC Infintry Coocks Bregade]

I dont want you nor them to suffer for enny thing
as long as I live and as long as enny thing can be had
Dear wife I most finish own this sheet and I most
soon clos for this time I can say to you that
Whitener has not got Back to the Regt yet I am
stil in hopes he will Bring me a Box of something
good to eat But I am a feard that If he does start
with a Box for me it will Be lost as their is a bad
chance to get a box threw at this time own the
account of sow menny soldiers own the road at this
present I can think If you have sent me a box and I do loos
it I will neaver Rite for a nother Box it is not worth
while to put you to the trouble of fixen a Box and
then me loose it all at last Dear wife I most
tell you that I have saw a good deal of garden
made down hear Peach Blume is open the spring
is earler hear then it is up our way Dear wife
I want you to rite to me and lette me now whether
you had got enny Bodey to plow for you this summer
or not and how much ground you will have
to tend and I want to now whether you have
got enny Body to take the mewl or not
and how you will do for corn I will now
come to a close for this time By asken you to
rite as soon as this comes to hand and rite me
a long letter and If you did send me a box
lette me now what you sent me in that
sow I will now what you sent me lette me
now every thing that you think will give me some
satesfaction Tel Sis and Bud howdy for
paw and Kis the sweat little Babe for me
nothing more at present only I remaine
your trew and ever loving Husband
until Death Isaac Lefevers

to Mrs Catharine Lefevers & childrean