Mississippi Chickasaw Co
Hohenlinden
Feburary the 28 1861
Mr P C hunter I take this op
potunity to rite to you oh pint
I hav sumthing to rite I haf goined
the volunters at Sparty andt dais [1]
too and I reckond that I wil go
with them Pint this naber hood
Is verry sickly up her their haf
bin Sevel deaths Robbert Scot has lef
t us and mis sids herf sanders
and eb bucky had lost one of his children
and Jo [f?]ulmon too they all dide with the
Su[??]y al most I reseived your
letter to day the foth of march and
I rite al about the girls are marrin
know I haf bin making a start about
farming and about marrin too an if [??]
[??] it will knot bee untill next chrismas
oh pint I haf bin lectd second lu
teant [Til?] Fathe captain dick ones Is first
lutenant wee haf got a scool in this
naberhood hoo ror for our cuntry
Jim s[???]on has married at last
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I am well at this time I hope that
you is wel too I want you to rite along
letter the next time Sally ses dont takon
about them girls down their for their
is sum up her yet if you see whit
tell him that I rote to him and i am
not going to rite to him un tel hee rits
to me your muther is well and all
of the famly but calline and she is
not much sick rite sune to me
par is going to plant corn to morrow
gim ginnings is run way about him
an gim pepers tom womack is run too
an old jes safford is not gorn yet
but hee is going to run befor long
thee last sunday wee had a fin
surmont by brother fox at dub
ble springs they ordain carson I am
sorry that hee is our paster I star
ted to rit to you on this same pa
per but iwent to see sum girl
an idid not finish it I must
cum to aclose excuse my bad
pelling for i haf al no lite rite
to me sune nothing mor at
presant M S Womack Junier
hohenlinden Mississippi