Near Harresburg va [1] Rockingham Co
May the 6 1862 Dear mary I received your
kind letter last evning and I Was very glad to
here from you and to here that you Was all
injoying good helth I am very Well and harty
you spoke about rast he is [no samfel?] rast
has always bin sick since he has bin here
he was very home sick all the time Dear mary
you spoke about me seeing pap that you
Would like if i Could see him Dear Dear
mary I did see him and Was very glad
to see him I herd he Was at Winchester
I Went to see him and he and I Went
out to the battelfield We had a great deal
to talk about I Was very mutch interest
With him I staid all night With him
and he Went to stras burg [2] With me
it Was a hard trile for me to see him
go back and I not go along With him
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but Dear I still think I Will get home the first
of July if I meet With no bad luck Dear mary
I dont know how soon We Will get in to a battel
We got Word nite befour last that Jackson
Was Within 8 miles of us With 20 000 men
going to pitch in to us but dam him
he did not Cum We fell in to ranks at
five oClock am and marched out he
Will get thunder if he dos Cum We have
gote here 40 000 men We had old doms [3]
battery robesens battery and four others
2 000 Caverly it Will bee a sory day for
the old devel if he Cums over the
Shanadoah river mary you Kneed
not bee surprised if you here of a
big fight here soon if it gose off it
Will bee a big one tell pap he thought
he seen a good me[n]y teems at
Winchester and on the rode
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but if had bin here yesterday he Would
have seen sits a train of teams 8 miles
long you see We fell back from Haresburg
[??] 12 miles to [??] Jackson over the
river then burn the bridg and then
go for him but he Would not bite yes
their Was a string of men 3 or 4 miles
long the road Was full Jackson did
not advans so Wee advanest up Clos to
Haresburg again Dear mary you spoke
about that money you let papa have
it Colonel Candy [4] started to [????] to dayes
ago to his home I herd from gorg this morning
by parsons he said gorg is lots better
Dear mary you spoke about sending
me some things it Would bee to troubel to get enything
here I have plenty of shirts as meney as I
Can cary but mary god pless your dear sole
I am a thousan times oblige to you for your
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Kindness to me it is more than I deserv
for leaving you I have thought of it a great
meny times but I hope you Will think as mutch
of me Dear Moley you spoke about sending
me some things to eat O dear mary to
think of eating something that your Dear
hans Cooked god bless my Dear mary you
dont Know how I fell some times
but I live in hops if I die in dispair
that I Will get to see you again befour
I die yes I no I Will. Dear Mary it Would
bee imposabel for you to send a box
here for We dont stay too days in a plase
now hardley. I Will think of you just as mutch
Dear mary, Well Dear I Will have to bring my
letter to a Close you must rite very often
and long leters it makes me fell bad When
the other boys gets letters and I dont get eny
no more this time but still remains you [5]