Camp Triune Tenn June the 12th /63
Dear wife
I take this oportunity of
wrighting you a few lines to
inform you that I am well this
morning and I hope these few lines
will find you the same I received
your kind letter of last week and
was glad to hear from you yesterday
was my day to right to you
but we had to stand in line
of battle so I dident get a
chance to right the rebles maid
a dash in yesterday the
buldogs began to howl and we
had to Sholder our muskets we
dident get to see them though
the are wonderful fraid of us
I dont think it will amount
to much the only wanted to see
our Strength and try our courage
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I will enclose a ring in
this letter for you and when
you get it right and let me know
how you like it and how it fits
It is the first one I ever maid
you musent put it in warm water
or the sets will come out I suppose
John parker will Start for ohio the
27th of this month I Suppose you
will not get them things that I
boxt up and sent away we herd
that the were taken to the hospital
at nashville for the benefit of the sick
I got a letter from Ben and Mary
this week the were all well also I
got a letter from Ezra the are all
well there hant any posible
chance for me to get a discharge
without I Should happen to get to
a jeneral hospital that is the way
the most of them gets discharges
once in a while if the think
a man is going to dye the will
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give them a discharge at the
regiment it is only 14 months
more til we all get a discharge
that is if the war lasts that
long I am in hopes it wont
last that long though I was in
hopes you would go to Ashland
Co and Stay til towards fall
I am sorry to hear of Henryes
and Betsyes bad luck in loosing
there babe we expect to get our
pay again in a few days
I will have to stop righting
for this time to go to camp
Poleaceing I have no knews of [1]
importance to right give my
respects to all kiss the children
for me and tell them I think of
them evry day no more at this
time from your afectionate
Husband
William Culbertson
to Julina Culbertson