Sulivanville march 16 . 1866 [1]
my Dear girl i
now take this opertunitey
to anser your kind leter
and to let you knoe
that i am Beter now
then when i last roat
to you but my husbon
is sick with the eresipeles
in the head i was glad
to hear from you a
gain for i had not herd
from you in a long
time and i was glad
to hear you was well
tell sis i wood like to
see hur and give har
a kiss O how i want
to see you and talk
with you O if i had
the means to Come
and see you i wood Come
[page 2]
but it is such hard
times but i still hoap
for the best i wish you
was hear i wish you
wood rite wher to Com to
when wee get to Almond
whare the Cars stops
my suns name was
William Wilshier Zimmer
but he Did not verey
often rite eney but the
William and ma lee they
did not knoe he had a
dubel name i wish you
wood rite to that man
and see if he Can find
out eney thing a bout
him he was a prisoner in
Charlston Capten tarel
has gon from hear and
i Cant find whar he has
gon
[page 3]
but the first lieutenant
gorge [J?] Carpenter is in
the horsheads and the
first sergent st[?]n Cumton
Dyrect to horsheads Chemung
CO N Y and they will
get it and mayer [graye?]
lives in elmira Dyrect
elmira Chemung CO N Y
i want you to rite as
soon as you get this my
sun has bin gon all
winter and so he hant
had no time to Com
and see you i must
Close for the presant
from your adopted mother
Charlotte Zimmer
to
Jane lee