Tennessee Cumberland Gap
May the 12 – 1862

Deare Wife I imbrace the present
oppertunity of Riting you a few lines
to let you no that I am well at
present hoping that thes few lines may
find you all well and doing well I
have Rote 4 or 5 letters and doant
git no ansars from you I would
be glad if you would take time to
Rite me a few lines if I am a good
wayes of I ant out of Mail Reach
I Rote 3 letters last weak the 7
day of the month one to you 1 to
Alabama 1 to Hammonds 1 to
Zeno Whitney he Sent me word
to Rite to him & Sade if he new
whare you lived he would come
to See you I Rote to him whare you
lived & fer him to come & I Rote fer
the girles all to Send me a Song balad
if tha new eny prety ones if you
Send aletter to Jasper Shortley Send
Send Susannah Some of all of your
haire and let her make Ringes
out of it and Send them to me
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and tel her to make one out
of hern & lizers and Send them
We havent had no mor fiting
but We look fur it every day we
had to git up aSaturday nite after
10 oclock and go out 2 miles on picket
the newes came that the Enmey
was coming and tha Sent our comp+
ney out to meat them tha allways
pick on us tha no we have the s[??]d
but prety neare all of our compney
is Sick I heard from William P
Kirkus last Saturday and he is on
the mend We have our water to carrey
a long wayes up the mountain but
we can get eny Sort of water heare
that we want free Stone lime
Stone Minrel & Sulfer I went
to aSulfer Spring & it was as blew
as indago and tasted Jest like powder
this place is a natureal fortyfide place
& aSite to eny one that never Saw it
the ballance of the letters that I
Send you will have to pay for them
fur we Cant git Stamps heare & tha
woant take eny thing els I will
pay fur this one & you must pay
fur the ballance I think tha will
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Come Sooner when tha ant paid
fur when I pay them tha doant cear
whether tha come or not I will try
and Send the pay in the letters
I will will Send the pay in this
one to pay fur the next and by
doing that you will always be
one letter ahead I Spend about from
30 to 50 cents per weak aRiting letters
letters the paper is worth 5 the invelop
is worth 3 and then the poastege 5 and
that makes 13 cents & four times is 52 cts
and then 50 cents per weak fur tobacco
is aRaking me down prety to I would
not ceare if the Riting part Cost one
dollar if I Could git eny letters from
you I never have got but 2 littel
letters from you Sinces I have
bin in Camps and the first one
was at the big Shanty Sent in one
of Kircuss letters and the next
one Kircus fetch I want you to
Rite about Crops we heare that
wheat crops is Ruiend thar with
the Rust Rite How Corn Crops
is and wether you have got eny
gardin in or not I have Shaved off
my whiskers and had my haire Shingesd
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So I must Come to a close
my letter by your telling
the Children all howdy
tha ant no use of Saying that
I would be glad to See you
all Derect your letter to

H..W..Robinson in Ceare of
Capt B..P..Weaver Co B. 42 Regt

To H.. W.. Robinson Cumberland
Gap tennessee in the Keare
of Capt B..P..Weaver Co B. 42 Regt
Ga Vol.

H. W. Robinson
To Elisabeth
Robinson & Margret
And All the Children
So Good by