Fredricks Burg Va April 5th 1862
Dear wife I now Seat my Self to Drop
you A few Lines they Leave me well ho
ping they May find you the Same I
hav nothing of interest to write to you
only we hav got hear we Landed hear
on the 3rd of inst we cant tell much
A Bout Anything pertaing to the war
only we ar Looking for A fight hear evry
Day they enemy is in 12 miles of us
we hav 15 thousand Soldiers hear & about
40.000 on this Line we think we will
give them the Best fight they ever had
if they come we was run off the track
twicd But no Body hurt cisro harvel
is coming home in a Bout A month
& then I will write moor to you I had
my de garytype taken in chatanooga
& I will Send it to you By him Ile
try to draw Som money Send to you
By cis Lizy take good care of my
Little Babs for me
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So I must com to A close no moor
at present But remains your husband
til Death . J. V. Fuller To
.L. Elizabeth Fuller
So I want you to write to me as soon as
you get this Direct your Letters to
Fredricks Burg Va to .J. V. fuller in
private Co. C. in 2nd regment Miss in
of Capt Scales