May the 6 1863
Dear Joseph it is with the
gratest of plesure that i take mi
pen in hand once more to let
you no that wee are all well at
this time hopeing these few lines
will find you ingoing the same
grate blessing Dear Joseph i hard
to day that you are in a grate
battel [1] it makes me so uneasy that
i dont no what to do but i hope the
lord will bee on your side i writ
a letter and sent it to you the 3 of this
mounth but i dount expeck you will
ever get it i directed it mi
self and i dont no weather it will
go or not wee got a letter from george
the other day that was dated the 28
and he was very uneasy a bout you
and John [2] he wants to bee with you
he sais if you and John was out
of the redgment he would not
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care if he never seen it again
i would give eny thing in the
world if you was out of it and could
come home i hope this will bee the
last battel and you will get out asafe
wee all live in hopes that the war
is a bout to a close the weather is
very rany and cold here this week if
it is so down where you are i dont
no what you will do for you have
to lay out on the cold ground it is
a nuf to kill eny one with out eny
thing els Dear Joseph i am at a
loss to no what to rite for i cant
think of eny thing worth riteing
i would like to rite something to
you worth reading if i could but
i hope you will excuse mi letters
well Joseph i have ben to mi diner
O how i wish you was here to eat
diner with me i expect that you are
tierde and hungry enuf if you are
in the battel i wish that i could
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only bee there to get you
something to eat but wee
are so fare a part that wee cant
wate on each other but i hope it
wont all wais bee so tell John that
till [3] has got a fine yong daughter
it was born the the last day
of aprile John protsmans has got
a big boy i dont think they can beet
our boy yet for he is a nise little
felow he can began to talk he
is paps boy emma is got to bee
a grate big girl she talks a bout
her pa ever day well Joseph
i have told you all that i can
think of this time so i will
close mi letter for this time
so no more at present but
still remaining yours till death
mary Diltz to here Joseph Diltz
good by good by this time

mary Diltz to Joseph Diltz good by