Everett65

Transcription: 

Camps of the 11th Ga Regt
April 4th /64
Dear ma
I take my pen in hand this
Beutiful Sabath for the purpose
of writing to you to informe
you that I am well at this time
and I hope this will find you
all the Same ma Capt Fudge
has Just got back from home
and he Says that he got that
money for you he got one
hundred 1,00 dollars for you
and he gave it bob Adams
to give it to you and all So
he Sent the Ambroughtype
to you by mail and I want
you to write to me and let
me no if you got all the
money or not and the
Ambroughtype bee Sure
and let me no all about it
[page 2]
Well ma we have bin
marching 1 week and this is
the only fair Day we have
had it has bin Snowing or
Raining Evry day thair is no
nuse in Camps the Report is
that we air Going in to Kentucky
and Some Says that wee air
Going to Va and then again
they Say that we air going to
Reinforce Johnson if we
do go to Ga you may look
for me to come home for I tell
you that I am Just as Sure to
go home as we go to Johnson
thair is Such report as my
Brigade being mounted and
I do hope that report is so
for I am mity tired of walking
I told you in my last letter
that we was fed On Oats and
we get somthing better now
and that is Hay oh you have
no idia how we have to live
[page 3]
Brother has got afurlough
Sent up and I hope that he
will get it and go home
for he wants to go home
worse than any boddy I Ever
Saw, Well I will have
to Bring my letter to aclose
for this time write Soon
as you get this and tell
me all the nuse Give
my Respct to all and Rec
alarge Portion for youre
Self
Nothing mor at Preasent
Only I Still Remain youre
as Ever
John. A. Everett
P SS Direct youre letter
to Bristol Tenn
Longstreets Corps

Date: 
April 4, 1864
Collection: 

Author(s)

Other: 
Son of Jesse H. Patience Everett; Brother of Thomas H. Everett
Unit: 
Company K, 11 GA Infantry
Rank: 
Private

Recipient(s)

Other: 
Wife of Jesse H. Everett; Mother of John A. and Thomas H. Everett

From

From State: 
Tennessee
From Municipality: 
From County: 
Sullivan

To

To State: 
Georgia
To County: 
Houston

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Andrea Cudworth
Transcription Date: 
May, 2012
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
November, 2012

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