Georgia Talbot Co Dec 22 1861

Dear Sister I avail
myself of the happy privilige
of answering your kind and
most welcum letter which come
to hand som time past I
was truly glad to here from
you I was sorry to here of your
sons a leaving of you yet I
am proud to think that you
have sons to defend their contry
and I wood be glad to recieve
a letter from any of them you
must give them my best wishes
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Dear sister you spoke of the
Joy that it wood affode you to see
us you cannot immagin how glad I
wood be to see you all I think of you
all often it is all of the consolation
that I have is thinking of you all
and of the happy hour that we have
spent together and hope that we
will beet again soon. Dear sister
Mr Crawford says that him or Robert
will go after you if you will
come and see us and Martha [1] says
that she will go home with you
she says if you dont come
she will take it for granted that
you dont want her, Robert is
a living here with us he is a
overseeing for his Par Sarah is
moved back to her old place
Mr Bullock has joined the armey
he Belongs to the 22 Georgia Regerm[?]
in care of Cap Bassy
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Robert has lost his oldist
child a daughter he has but one
a Boye Lary has too their names
is Robert O. and Martha Hunter
the rest of my children is with
me. Mrs Stephenson is a living near
us she is a geting a long verry well
her children is all a geting along
very well some of them have join-
ed the armey. she wishes to be
remembered by you she was a
talking of you the other day she
said that she wanted to see you
and to talk of old times.
I have nothing more you must
write soon and let me know when
you are a coming yours truly

Caroline Craford