Camp Lee near Richmond
June 14th 1863 Mrs Catharine Lefevers
and childrean Dear wife it is with
Pleasure that I have the pleasure that
I again have pleasure this Sabbath
morning to Rite you afew lines in answer
to your kind letter which I receved last
Eavning Dear wife this letter wil leave
me wel and I trust when it may
Reach you it may find you and the
dear little childrean all in good health
and doing wel Dear wife you can juge
By your self how glad Iwas last Eavning
when your welcom letter Reached me
I had bin for the Last 10 Days a
loocken for a letter Every day but
non com untel last eavnin when
I saw the mail Broat in Itolde the mes
that I shorley had aletter in the pack
and shore anuf Ihad it don me
that much good when I got it
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please lette me now whether you
have saw Daniel Jarrett since I sent my
trunk to Salisbury or not I Recon he wil
try and get them to Newton shortely
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that I could hardly quit Readen it
iwas trewly glad to hear that you was
all wel and doing as wel as what you
air Iwas very glad to hear your corn and
wheat loocked as wel as what it did and
that you was getten a long in it as well
as what you air Dear wife I now you wil
have a hard time a gain this Summer I
was in hopes last summer that you would
neaver have a nother such a hard years
work But it appear that it wil Be harder
own you this year then it was last year
for handes air sow scearse and hard to
get But the Lord nows that it is my
Sincear prayer and wish that this war
may soon come to a close and that me and
all others may get home to our loved ones
a gain and injoy our selves to geather as
we onsed did and that we may neaver
have to part now more in the world Dear
wife I studded a heap a bout you since
I Left home and have praid to the Lord
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Spair boath of our lives to geather and that
we many again injoy our selves as we onsed
did Lord when I think how we onsed lived
and now to see what this war has broat us
two it is distressing to think of it I shorley think
By the Bleasing of the almighty that we wil
Soon get threw and a gain bee free people
and live a beater and a more christen life
then we have hear to fore Dear wife I was very
glad to hear what you Rote a bout what we
had bin talken a bout I hope and trust
that should it be the case that it is sow that
Imay be with you at that time if it is the
good lordes will to spair my life tel that time
should Inot have the chance to be with you
I pray the lord to Bleas and protect you in
all your troubles and trials that you wil have
to contend with Inow it wil Be a wait own
my mind should it be the case tel I now how
it turns out I want you to take the Beast cear
of your self in the world that you can posable do
and I say a gain and a gain should it Be the case
Be shore and take Beater cear of your self then
If I was their I beg of you not to do enny thing
that you think will Be the least ingery to
you dont do it I want you to get some one to
stay with you if you can posable do sow
sow that you wil not have sow much to do
and see two it may be that Emaniel Speagle
wil lette Catharine stay with you tel him
that I wanted to now If he would not let
hur stay with you I think If you can get
in with [J?]ean that she wil perswaid him
to lette hur stay with you in that case of
corse she could not do all you would want
don But she would Be a greadeal of healp
and company to you in your present condition
I hope you can get some one if she cant
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I stil want you to Rite to me a gain about this
and lette me now how you air a getten a long
Dear wife I most now tel you something about
our march we in the first place marched from
Petersburg to Richmond and from Richmond
we taken the train in the direction of Fredericks
Burg went as fair as hannover Station and
their we staid one day and night or at least
a part of the night we was then orderd back
to Richmond and we had to march Day and
night tel we got their it was Reported at
hannover when we left their that their was
a fight Expected down own the Chicka
homeny wheir it was last summer But Ithink
it wil turn out to be fals every thing is quiet
to day sow fair Dear wife I think we we wil
Remain hear a day or two and If nothing
takes place hear we wil be sent back torge
Fredericksburg in a few Days I Expect we
wil see a nother hard summers march ofit
Dear wife I most soon close for the want
paper and we wil soon have to gow own
in spection Dear wife you Rote to me
that Bil had not paid you yet If Stamy
wil not settle it in that way I want you
to Be shore and kee[p] what wair and clay
is their and dont allow him to move it
it may be that some one wil turn it
up for you own shears and burn it Dear
wife Be sore and Rite to me at least every
weak and Rite a long letter and give me al
the news you can I like a long letter and the more
the better tel Henry I wont Rite now more tel
he rites to me tel Frank that I want him
to Rite to me please lette men now all a bout
the growing crop when the wheat is Ripe
try and have it saved If it can be don
and when it is off please lette me now
how menny shock you got and how it all
is Dear wife I can not finis own this sheat
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Direct your letters to Richmond
Virginia In cear Capt A J Bost Co K
46th Regt N.C.T. Coocks Brigade