aug the 29
Rhone County Tenn [1]
Lenore station [2]
Dear wife and Children it is
with pleasure that I seat my
self to inform you that I am
well at this time ever hoping
thees few lines may find you all
well I wold like to hear from
you for I have not heaird from
you sense the 13th I can say
to you that we left saltville
the 24 of this month and got
to Knoxville the 26 we are
24 miles from Knoxville
we ar in the line of battle
and expect to have a fite before
long and they epect that it will
bee a sevier battle I cant tell
my self but I can say and
thing I expect to Doo them all
the harm that I can I have
no news to write at this
[page 2]
time more than they yankeys
has been in and tore up the
rail road sense we left [???]
[vill?] I sent forty dollars
and a reciept for my watch
[???] [william?] [????????]
iff you git the watch any
time you will have to paye
Twenty dollars for the fix
ing of hit Direct your
Letters to Lowdon tenn
yours &c
Ephraim HAmpton
A Hampton and
Sary Hampton

I will write when
I can dont think
the time long