Virginia White hous landing [June 7, 1864]

My Dear wife and Child Jane to
day i do right to you for i do now
that you feele ancious to here
from me every day and so i do
right to you so as to let you
now that i ant ben yet in the
fitee but dont now how
soon may be proby soon
to day the guns goes
all day very bisey we hope
to soon here that the enymey
is whiped and think it
will soon be
i shant right mutch
ths time i onley
right as to let you
now that i am saft
yet yesterday i did
right to you and sent
hanah Ann that
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hanah ann
that five dollar bill
and [??] before that
i did Send them
virsis and that little
book to Sis

and now i must close
for the male is Just
ready to Start
i hant had eny letter
from you sins
that one that Ses
did Send that five
Sents in
So no more my Dear
famely
Daniel B Lee
June the Sevanth