Granger County East Tenn
Beans Station April 6 1862
My Daer and Loving Wife
I once more imbrace the present
oppertunity this blesed Sabath
morning of ansuring your most
Loving and Kindley Resevd letter
witch come to hand the grate
and Notibel day April the 4
the day our Endependents was
declard it found me well & this
leaves me the Same and I do
firmley hope that thes few lines
may come Safe to hand & find
you all well & doing well you
wanted to no how meny letters you
had Rote me I cant tell fur I had
my letters in my nap Sack I
would not alost my nap Sack
& what was in it as hard as times
is heare fur 50 dollars you want
to no if I want eny more Close
I do not fur if I had them and
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was put upon aforce march tha
would make me thought [1] them
away if I had a Shirt I Could
make out very well but I will
let you no when I want it
I want you to make your Jeanes
& what it doant make fur John
Sell it but be Shore & dont
it is worth now from 1.25 to
1.50 & by winter it will be
worth 2.00 per yard I
in tend to ware what clothes I
have got til I cant keep them
on me & then I will Ether by
or Steel more it is all Rite
heare if you lay eny thing down
Some body will picket it up
& you cant git it eny more all
the chance is to take Some
body elses & jest Rip a head
I must tel you we moved about
one mile this morning us
& the North Carolinans Swapt
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& we mad a devel of a Swap
I also must tel you that I have
Reseved the apoint ment of
drummer as yet but doant no
how long I will hold my office
I can beat eny Body I have heard
in the Regement but our
Coln Came from Newton
county & he wants all of the
offersers & I Reckon drumers
out of that county I git a letter
prety ny every mail from Larence
vill from Whitney one of
the Singel girls Rote me one
the other day the most loving
letter you ever Saw with a
Song ballad in it you jest
aught to See Some letters Ive
got this Singel girl Ses that
She is a coming with her father
to See you he Sayes he is coming
Shortley if she dos you must
Rite to me how She looks her
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name is Terisa Lucinda
Whitney you must Rite to
me all the news me &
Wm P [2] is going to Send our
letters to gether & one time
I Back the letters to you &
the next time back it to
Mrs kircus one pay one time
& the other the next So
it will onely cost us 5 cents
& if we doant do that it will
Cost us 10 I of times dream of
being at home & when I wake &
find it not so you doant no how
auful I field [3] I must come to a 
Close by turning you over to
your maker fur protecshion So
fare you well Margret hant
Rote me a scrach cence I bin in
camps give my Respecks to Mr
Polk & Henry & Mr Kircus &
Turman & all inquiring frend
but keep the best your Self
H. W. Robinson To Elisabeth Robinson