Kirkland12

Transcription: 

Camp Styles Atlanta
July the 15th 1864

Dear wife after due respectes to you I drop
you a few more lines this day as sidney [???]
is likley to git off home I will say to you
that he will goy to my house an if you
hav Got the Cloth you may mak me a par
of Cotton pants Be sure to make them
long enuff an larg enuff an if you hant
Got the Cloath dount put your self
to any trouble if you wase to [???]
my sumer Coat you may mak hit also
But dount put your self to any [???]
of trouble a Bout them if you [exspect?]
them you send them By Davis Kirkland
But dear Lydia dount put your self to
eny trouble a Bout them for you hav
more than you Can do any how soy I hav
no newes of eny intrust to write [this time?]
soy I will Close By saying I remain your [truly?]
husban as ever Moses J. Kirkland

Date: 
July 15, 1864

Author(s)

Unit: 
Newbern's Company, GA Cavalry (Coffee Revengers)

Recipient(s)

From

From State: 
Georgia
From Municipality: 
From County: 
Fulton
From Note: 
Camp Styles

To

To State: 
Georgia
To County: 
Coffee

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Casey White
Transcription Date: 
March, 2008
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
March, 2008

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