Yorktown Va May the 2 Year 1863
Dear Wife i have taking the pleasure this Evning to drop
You A few lines to inform you that i Am Well and
I hope that these few lines May find you in the Same
State of Good health And i Also will inform you
That i Received your kind letter Just one our ago so
I thaut that i must answer it for all [1] i rote one
yesterday to you Wich was the 1 of may And i Was
Glad to hear that you Was all well Further i Wish
if you feel Hungry for Anything i want you to Git
it if you Want orrenges My dear Just Git them
for i have nothing against it for my part for i sent
the money home for you to live off of it and Just Bie
Any thing that you Wish But one thing i hope that
When you rite again that you will rite to me that
you Got shoes for to ware for it Just makes me
feel bad And the nabours they do think it hard of
me for my dear i told you When i was at home yet
that you shall Go to [Chab?] and git a pair of shoes
or else go to the store that i did not want you to
Git Sick So now i hope you will Git shoes Just to
Suit your self and further i do not know
What to Say of that money Wich you Give to Bresslen
But you know him better than i do But it Just seams
to me that you must Wait awile for it tell me weather
he is to pay you interest for it or not Further i am
Glad to hear that you Setled with those people But
i Wish or it will Suit me better if you dont pay any
of them until i Come But if Josef lepo Does ask
you for those five dollars Give it to him and ask
how much the interest is on it And pay it But dont
t pay Any Body But lepo if he does ask you for
it if not let it be until i Come home for maby
you may need that money yet for Something Else
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i mean no harm By this letter Just take it
Easy for i do love you and Will for Evermore
Further i Will Rite to you When whe Want abox
And tell you What whe want for nou you Cant
Send one because you are not fit Just for to Work
with Abox But if katy Comes to stay with you then
you may Send us Abox then But i Will rite to
you first when whe want abox But So i dont want
you to undertake it your Self for i will Suner do
With out Any thing Further i Will inform you that
Aaron is rite harty And he is midlin fat But he
is So mischiefious he does not let me Rest or henry
Wilvert for if he is not picking at Wilvert he is at me
And i am Glad to see him full of life for he
takes it Easyer than i do for i think to much of hom
e But our time is Sune over But i hope that
Every one of us may Git home Safe again for i
feel for Working hard again for to make a Good
living for Me and you further i Wish you to
tell me every time if you Git the paper or not
for i do Send one off Every Weak for to Git to
the post office until Saturday afternoon And i
hope that you will read it for there is Verry nise
reading in them And the news of our doings in
this last paper you will find apice of our
Regment 172 PM i Wish you to read it is a
prais of our Regt you must Excuse my riting
this time for i rote it in A hury And fast
And it is not plain But i Gues you Can read
it So nou i must Close for this time So no more
from your husband for this time And pleas rite
Sune and Bie any thing that you feel hungry
for for i dont Want your lips to feel hungry as
long as i live So i hope you Will not think it
hard of my riting sharp for it Seems Sharp to me
but i dont mean it harmlell [2] Charles Spire to
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