November the 4th 1863

dear brouther I this Evenning seate my self
for the perpus of anerin Yours dated the 2th
of November and was truly glad to heare
from you and to hear that you was gitting
Along as well as you are yours found me
and famly all well as common and allsoy I
think the connection is all well and I hop
those few lines may Reach you safe and find you
Gitting Better faist B. H. Tanner will
See you while he is in savannah and
will Tell you all A Bout us all and I
hop you will Be able to Come home with
him I hop you will be on your way home [before?] this letter Gites to you I am
truly sary to heare that you have sufferd soy
Bad with your Leg and to hear that they
have Cute your hell string I hop you dont
think I hav forgotten you I never forgit you
nor never shall in this world all hurtes me
is that I cant helpe your Cundishion I am sory
to think that ourer men is punished as they
are after they hav don all they can to defend
their contry and has [got?] wounded and cant [???]
any more and to think they will cut them
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up murder them in any south a maner and
that is the Resson of ouer men deserting as
they doo for after they Goy and fight
Tell they Gite wounded so they cant figte
they Will Keep them in hospittals tell
they Git sick and die I Can think about
it tell Cood Cry if it wood doo any Good and
then A Gin I study a Bout it tell I git mad
to think a som men has now more B
nore feeling than they hav I Cood allamost
sink the world if I had the power to doo it you
must write me every Chance for this is the
first letter I have Receive frum you [??????]
left you I will Close By saying I Remain
yours truly Brouther
Moses J Kirklin
To Z W Kirklin
I Received a letter from Timothy this day
he sais he is well he is at chattanooga Tennsee
he is still waggon Master write if [???]
Carver stayed with you as he wente back
Timothy is with Capt Briggs a Q m of the
Rigment actting waggon master as all ways
has Bin dooing