Landing
June the Six virgina at white
Dear wife and child to day is
Sunday and it is araning some
and i set miself down on the
nap sack Whitch i do haft to
carey to scratch a few lins to you
to let you now how iam ageting a
long here in this desolated land
i am not very well at this
presant time but hope to feel
better in afew days yesterday
and last night i was in som
pain but ths morning i feele
a good deal better last night we did
expect antact by the rebels
and plased ore canon to check
them but it was all still
and no Disturbns what
aeaver and now we have got
to moove a short distans [agon?]
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and now we shall go in
to a rifel pit we shal
moove in about one our
we ar clost to ritch mond
about as nere as you ar
of hornelsvill
O if you cood Just see
te wonded that is here com
ing every our it wood scare
you som with one arm of[f] and
som with part of there head of[f]
and in all shape
i cant right mutch ths
time
Hanah ann now i do long
for the time to com that
i can See you and your
mother to onse more
but god only nows when
that time will com
it wood be a Joy to me
and you
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tell father and mother
that i wood like to see
them how dos father
get allong with his
work ths sumer
the opinion of the people
is that the war will end soon
the rebels is Just about
whiped here
lowell rote a line for
his wife to hand to you
witch will tell you how
to direct your leatters good
By at the presant
Right soone al
you can
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we do fare som well
here but if i did
have the privledg of
one buiscuit to eat
how it wood rellish
to me

Good by to you all
to my famley all
My love to All
Daniel B Lee
To my Wife and
Child