June the twenth Sixth virginia
nere ritchmond
my dear wife
it is a gane that i do right to
yo agane and i do feele thank
ful that i am spared to right
to you i am well at this presant
and did resieve five letters
from you yester day and had
them brot to me when i was
in the brest works under a heavy
fire of lead i have bin under
a fire now one weeke ago
to day where the bulits falls
like hale and last night
we was mooved back a short
distants but the rebils
is in site and a shoot ing
at me and yet i have bin
Spared and i do hope it will
be gods will that i may
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See yo a gane but if not
do the best yo can the war is
now at a close about i do think
for the South has sent
in for a set tle ment
and england has sent in
two men to washington and
So has frans sent in two men
to set tle this war but there
will be som hard fitting yet
i do want to see my Dear baby
and wife but that can be
yet lowel is plaing out
for he is Sick he dos lay back
about one milled he was this
morning lowel was
[rowling?] along he will get
[??] dis charge soone
we hante got meny [men?]
[left?] nor ofisers left
they was Shot and woonded
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[?????] [nellass?] was
woonded and so is agrate
meny of the boys

now i do want yo to
right planer if yo can
for the last letters
i did not make out half of them
tell hanah an that i did read
herne that She rote and the
tears did com
i cant get paper nor envelops
here so i dont now when
i can right agane i wood
have yo send some but i cant
carey them here Sell the Sheepe
the first opertunity yo get
and the hors to for it will be hard
wintering them i am afrade
when you right right if you
now eny thing of cary i hant
hurde from him sens
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i did leave almiry
So now i must Close
at this time good By
date your leters when yo
right So i may now
how late they was roat

my best respects to mother
and the rest
hanah an how i do want to
See you but pap will be home
agane
to my effectuated wife
from your lonley husbon
Daniel B, Lee
right ofton