Alabama calhon county aprial the 6 1862
Dear daughters itake my pen in
hand to let you know that iam not
well at present iam not able to set
up hoping that these few lines may
find you all well and doing well
we received your leter and was glad
to her from you and Sory to hear
that you was left alone in this wide
trouble some world i would
be glad to see you and
be with you but i cant in this
world now but i hope i will See
you in haaven Elisha and Matilda
Se[n]ds there bes respects to you
all and Martha Gilleland sends her
love and best repects to you all
Mary Bridges to Elizabet
Robin son and Margaret Bridges
Dear ants and cousins itake my
pen in hand to let you know
that iam well hoping that these
few lines may find you all well
ihav not got mutch to write at
present imust that Frank
and Johnson is gone to war John
son Maird to a girl by the name
kirby and he stade with her
5 wks and 9 days after he was
Maird tell he started to the ar
my Frank made as good a bace
drum as ther is in Calhon Frank
wife has got a fine daughter
it was too weeks old last
fridy i must writ on this side
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when you write to uncle henry
tell him to write to mee and
tell him that ithink of him
often and i pray that he may
live and return home agin
to you i have wrot to leters to
day bisd thes one to the Soldier
& tell the Children all how
dy for mee and tell them
that they must write some
in the next leter iwas with
too young men this even that
was from the army dear aun
ts i would tell you a heep if I
Could see you that i cant tell
you the way it is i would be
glad to see you all dear au
nts troblsome times in the wor
ld now and there is nothing
elce but trouble for any one
when they loos as good a Mother
as i have i hope that peace may
be made before iwrite again
be Shore and tell uncle henry
to write and when he writs to
me tell him to back his leter
to Malinda Bridges write soon
and fail not i recken iwill
have to Close my leter for it
is night and the Candle
is nely burnt out and this is
the last paper ihave got and
it is Cold an thare i[?] on to be
had excuse my bad spelling
and writing
Malinda Bridges to all