Cumberland gap Tenn June 1 – 1862
My Deare Wife & Famley your letter
of the 22 of May Come to hand &
was resevd withe grate Joy & gladness
to heare from you & Famley it Reach
me well & I am still hoping
that thes few lines may find you all
well & doing well your
letters allways Come to hand a monday
nite I have to Rite a Saturday or Sunday
fur a letter to git thare a friday if I Rite
one after that tha wont Come til the
next friday we have not had eny more
fiting heare the pickets still fitches
in a prisoner ever day or two tha fitch
in one thursday & one friday the latter
was a new Yorker he lay down on his
belley & tride to Crawl throught [through]
the pickets but he mist it I Jest come
in from picket but we never saw
eny of the enemy I recon that the
yankes is like the Tennessees tha
Say when tha want to slip through
the pickets to watch for the damd
georgians fur tha will shoot you as
quick as a snake ginrel Stevenson
ses the 42 ga is a Scandel to this
Brigade becas we will Shoot at a
fuss with out Seeing eny person
he wants us to wate till we See them
when it is so dark that we cant See
our hands before us the Reason
I think is becaus we runaway over
to the other side have the gard hous
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allways crowded our Solders fur Steeling
& running out in the Contry & giting drunk
tha have from 30 to 40 under gard every day
but the D.D old Sun of a bitch thinks
that is a credet to his D D brigade the
day of the fite the D D Tennessees Run
in but the Compney from the 3D ga
batalyon Stood ther ground & faught til
next morning but the best thing he can
say for them is that the D D Georgians is
a Scendel to the brigade I must tel
you if I hant that I got a letter from
Zeno Whitney & two of his daughters
the two maired ones Rote me a letter
one of them Sent me a brade of her hair
& Sent me Some of her Children hair the
brad is one she mad & sent to her husban
when he was in the ware & he has come
home Safe & She hopes that I will fitch
it home Safe the other one ses She will
make me aprety one & Send it in the nex
letter Zeno ses he will com to se you in
a Short time he Sade he would a come Rite off
but he had Some halling to do first I exspect
to Rite to them this evening I have rote to
you severel time to no how meny letters
you have got from me & the date of them
you need not send eny more paper & can get
this sort fur 50 cents per quier I want you
Rite on all the paper you send tel the
children all howdy fur me John I play
marvel [1] all the time you had better lern prety fast
or I will beat you when I come home
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thare is a Alabama Regt hear thare
are 2 Compneys from Calhoun & one
man in one of them by the name of
Bridges I have went twice to see him
but he was not thare he lives about
eleven miles from Jacksonville I furgit
his name have you got eny conection
thare except them that I no if so Rite
me thar names I expect I coud
find some conection heare thare has
bin several come to clame kin with
me I thought it best to have as
few kinfolks as posebel in a case
of this cind if I have a few good frends
I am satesfide you Rote to me that
you had 20 dollars of your money
yet I am afrade that you dont feed
the children you was saying somthing
about bying a cow I think you had better
keep your money fur if I draw I have no
chance to send it home John Wilson
sent 20 dollars home to his wife or he
Started it the 5 of may & he hant
heard of it no more & never will
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C.. W. Wilson send 20 to his mother
& it ant bin heard of cence & you
need not talk about coming home
when I git Sick fur this old devel
woldent Sine it if all the Rest of
the offeasurs was to Sigen it so you
had better Save what you have got
if you think you can live withe
out that by you a cow but be Shure
you by a good one so if you would
move to alabama that you can sel
it at the same price you will
have to be your own Judge but I
think if wheat is rewiend every
letter that comes from thare states
that wheat ant worth Cuting So no
more as I was gong to say that I tho
ught that you had beter bye bread
& meat but be Shore and git bread
it looks like if you git eny thing fur
your work that you mite by a cow
but you no that you cant Stand to
work in the field but if you want
kill your self jest becas you can
I cant help it I thought I could git a
nuff fur my work to Soport you but
Just Rip ahead So no more but
Remains your loving husband
until deth

H. W. Robinson to Elisabeth
Robinson L.M.E Robinson J.W.
Robinson M.E Robinson
Margret Bridges Francis Bridges

Mrs Margret Kircus my Dear
Frend I drop you a few lines to let
you no that I am well & William
is on the mend I got aletter from
him the 29 of may he Says he will
be in camps in a Short time he sayes
that he has bin looking fur aletter for
some time he Sayes that he has Rote 4
letters & hant got no ansur if you
want to Rite to him you can put
your letter in withe Elisabeths &
I will Send it to him the next day
give my Respects to unkel Wat & Famley
yours with respect until death
H.W. Robinson Margret Kircus