Head Quarters

Rich mon virginia
August the 25th 1861
Dear father I now take my
pen in hand to inform you
I an James air in good helth
And hope theis few lines will
find you the Same Now
father I must write a few
words to you I want to no
how you air get ing a long
with the crop I want you [to?]
Superintend it wright
air you don Saveing fodder
is the cotton oapning fast
is the corn full out wel
is thair many water mellens
ine the new ground is the
pinders groing good I want you
to write to me a bout al thies
[page 2]
I want you to repair the hous
I never in tend to get a furlo
to go home til you write to me
you hav finished the house
Jim an I want to bring Som of my
friends home with me when I
come we Now I must Speak
of sum thing else the
Poythress Vollenteers is the finest [1]
Company in the legeon we have
the best violeeners an the best [2]
dancers the best jumppers the
fastest runers the best
raslers we had the best
Rasling last night you ever
Saw or heard tel of
Charley Medisett an the
[B?]ag dog got to geather last
Night an Charley throd him
the handest fall he ever had
in his life out Street is full
Evry night we Strike a ring
an clean them out
[page 3]
I thaught to find hard harty
looking men but they air
no beter looking than they
are in burke Georgia but
old Virginia can bute her
for horcis an cattle I have
Saw Since I hav bin hear
2 Buzards 2 houney bees
Six piggions 1 crain
hear is plenty of fruit
an water mellons an
ground peas for Sale
heare corn is fine an just
in rosen years you
think people en georgia
loves monney but they
dont car any thing for
it but if you will com
hear you will See people
that loves monney
[page 4]
Dear Mother
duo
you think hard of my
not teling you good by
I ask you to pardon me
for duoing So you Said
I had not rote yet I hav
rote to Sue and I will
write to you I did not
wish to bid you an Sue fairwell
Weepe ing if I could of
bid you fair well
Smileing it wood of bin
joy to me I got a long
fine all but cooking
wee hav hyard us a cook
12 of us pays him 11 a
mounth I saw Sky
rockets shooting up
in the citty last night it
is re ported was to day
washinton is in our
Prosessions B L Mobley