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Camp Hope nere Wilmington N C Jan 5 1863
Dear wief I Seat my Self to rite
you a gane this leaves me well hoping
this will find you all well I am
happy to write you that we have got
orders to go back to Savannah and
are now redy to Start we will Start
in about ½ hour and I am powerful
glad of it Shore you will come
to see me and I want to see
you powerful bad we may
have to stop at charlston I here it
reported the promus that the yanks have
demanded the Surrender of charlston
and have give 48 hours for the
wimen & childering to get out but
we here so many reports that comes
out to be fales I dont put much
confidence in it the wether is
powerful cold on last teusday
morning about 3 Oclock there
come a snow Storm I neve[r] saw
the wind blow any harder or any
colder than it did it blowed
down [our?] tent and then we[??]
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rit out in it it is Just
a bout as cold as it was the
day of fathers Sale So you m[a]y noe
we was cold I will rit to you
as soon as we get thare so [n] more
only remain yours as ever
A, J, White