Pocotaligo Station South Carolina
Aprile 9th 1863 Mrs Catharine Lefevers
Dear and Ever loving wife I seat my self
one time a gain to rite you a few lines
to lette you now that I am still In good health
and I trust to the good lord that when this
letter reaches yoru hands it may find
you and the dear little childrean all in
good health and doing we as could Be e[p??] [1]
for your chance Dear wife I am happy
to say to you that I recived a letter from
this morning I can not tel you how glad
I was to hear from you one time more as
it had Bin a long time since I had heard
from you and Especially was I glad to
hear that you was al well for I can tel you
that that is the Beast news that I can hear
from you my Dear wife I am also glad to hear
that you had Receved as meny letters
from me as what you did you Rote
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Dear wife I had Rote to you to Send me
Something to Eat with Bost But I dont now
whether you got the letters or not there is some
of the company that has got things to Eat from
home and I tel you it loocks hard for me to Eat
my Ruff corn Bread and a little molasses
and them a Eaten their good things But I
am in hopes that I wil get something frome
home one time two and then I wil fix them
like they do me If you can I want you to do
the Best you can to get me something good to eat
I want you to send some flower over to [S???]
Speagle or down to franks and have me
some Backe oven bread Backed that wil
save the Beast and it wil not Be as hard own
you to Bake over the fire I want ant caty
and young caty Hutson to Bake me some
Chicken pies and send them to me for I
often wished to Be their one time again
to get something good to Eat at their
house

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Dear wife I had Rote to you to send
al the things In a Trunk that you fix to
send to me I think if you come and
Henry comes a long you can fil one trunk
and also Bring a Box that one man can
handle as the conscripts has Broat some
Boxes threw If you can have the Room to
Bring me a poalk [2] of flower I should
Be very glad I have not Eat two
little Buiscuts since I have Bin In
South Carolina I should also like
to have some Eggs and Butter I want
Betsey Brendel to send me some Butter
If they make as much as they youstew
do I wil say now more a Bout what
to send for I now you wil do the Best
you can I think if you could put
me up a cople of good chilckens that
[they?] would Keep tel you would come
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No 6
the distance If now one comes out of
Weavers neighborhood it mite Be that
you could Bring Fed a small Trunk or a
a Box Samel Jarrett is comen after he gets
his corn planted and it mite be that
you could al come to geather he could
assist you in getten a long as he is a fine
man and understanding al about traveling
Dear wife I should like to have a gallon
or sow of Brandy or whiskey If it can be had
you may think it wil Be awful high and it
is But the water is very Bad hear and if you
can Bring me a gallon or sow I wil pay you the
money Back that it costes and more two I can
Take a quart and sel the rest for more then
it wil cost with you But If you cant
get it I most try and do as I have Bin
doing Dear wife you most not think
that I have taken to drinken for I ant
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No 7
yoused a half a gallon Since I have bin
In the armey I under Stand that Licker is
Selen at 16 Dollars a gallon and it can
Be sold for doble that Dear wife you
Rote that Arch was to plow for you
and He gets the nag to Tend his Be
Shore and keep the Beast at home to
feed it and keep the nomber of days
he has the Best I think If you give him
the forth out of that at home he oat
to pay you at least 40 cents a day for
the nag and a plow al together and the feed
wil be worth Rite smart have him to plow
it as good as he can and the way it was
plowed the last year it was in corn
Dear wife I most soon close for this
time I want to rite a letter to henry to
Day yet I wil loock for you shortly
after this comes to you and dont
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get Sceard and give out coment for
it Seames like I wil neaver get the
chance to come home as long as this war
lasts Dont let Henry get Sceard a bout
this little fight that has Bin down
hear and not come If you could mak
it Suit and have them I should lik
for you to Bring me a good pair of cotten
pants and also a pair of Cotten socks but
If you cant Bring them I can make out
a while I want my hat for serten
I will now Close for this time By Saying
I am Ever your trew and faithful
Husband untel Death Isaac Lefevers
To Mrs Catherine Lefevers & childrean
tel Bud and Sis howdy for paw tel
Bud to take good cear of his little calf
and little chickens and his little pigs
tel him to Rais a heap of little chickens