May 29th 1863

Camp nere Easonville Yazoo County Miss
Dear wief I Seat my self this
morning to drop you a few lines
to let you noe where I am & how I am getting
a long this leaves me well hopeing these few
lines will find you and the childering well
I am getting anccious to here from you
I have not heard from you since the 29 of
April wich is Just one month to day we have
bin lying here at this camp for the last
3 days resting but from the signs of the times
I dont think we will stay here aney longer
I got my shirt drawers washed yesterday the
first time I ever had to ware a coat for a
shirt we are 18 miles from yazoo cittey in a
prettey shadey grove but the warter beats any
thing I ever Saw in my lief I never Emagined
that people ever had to drink as mean warter
The cittisens Say it is good to what it will
be after a while Tha use cistern warter
all the time but we can not get that
I got off from Camps yesterday and went to
a house & got a regler old fashion boil
diner it went down well to the rashions
we draw is compareitively nothing we do get
a nuf bread but that is about all
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our Letter has come to us I can get
plenty of paper & invelups now
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Thare is a big force of yankeys at yazoo citty and a
round Vicksburg thare is no end to them Thare
has bin big fighting ever day or two Thare
but I cannot give no correct account of you
stand a better chance to no than I do for it
is a poor chance that we have to here
what we see is a bout all we noe now
& then we see a coriur and get sum nuse
from him we here good nuse from Virginna
if it so but it is time to hear sumthing good
for the prosspect has bin looking verry dark for
sum time the old adgage is that the darkest hour
is Just before day it ma be thare Brightnest
a bout to dawn I asure you the prosspects
are gloomey here I have bin looking for
Collins & Gus Stone for several days but tha have
not made there appearence yet I am looking for
letters by them from you I can not tell
the reson tha dont come nor nun of them them
boys that run the Block ade & went home has not
come in yet I Shall always regret that I did not
come by home if it were to do agane I Should do it
shore if cost me my lief I have no Ider that any will
be punished for it thare sum of the Dark corner
boys that I dont Look for soon if ever if you
find out when any is comeing you must write
by them for that is the only shore chance for me to get
I think I rote you about the 41 Ga regt & 56th Regts
getting cut up so the 56th is Col Wadkins the one that
John Wright is in I have not heard nothing more
from them the yanks have fell back 40 miles from
Jackson from all reports the greatest slaughter that ever
has bin was at Vicksburg last fryday saturday & sunday
our forces wont let the yanks berry there dead
when you write Dirrect your letter to
Jackson Miss 30th Ga Regt Walkers Brigade Genl Walker
has bin permoted to mag Genl I dont noe who will
be our Brigadeer Genl in Walkers place
soon as I find out I will write you I have no
assureance that I will get a letter from Jackson
but I will stand a chance any how you write
I may get it you noe I want to here from you I have dreamp
for the two last night of seeing Budey & Zippa kiss little
ciscey for me I must close so no more only remain your
affectionet husband untel death
A,J, White