Petersburg va
1864
August the 17
Dear farther and mother
I write you thees few
loins to let you here
from me This leaves
me well at this time
we are not in the
Trenches we are resting
now Leutant Felippo
wife wrote word to him
that you spent 50 Dollars
of his money and you
sed I would pay it as
I have sent the money
home you can pay her
50 Dollars of That I
could pay him here
But I want some to
Spectulate off Do the
Best you can and Do
like you pleas with
that money for I have
money aplenty at this
time I am always
makin some money
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I want you to try
and get me a horse
if you can by march
This is all at this
time yours Truly
W T Hart

give my love to
all the famelar
and to my inquiring
freinds and to mattie
tell mary Francies
I want to see her
Badly and Tell Betty
Haislop I want to see
her This is all
Tell plunk that
I Dont want her to
get married yet for I
herd she was going to
be maried She Dont
knw what a [????]
love is