Savannah..Geor.. Ap 24th /64
My love I receved youre kind
letter of the 17th inst and was glad to
heare from you and to heare
that you all was well an doing well
we left Fla last tuesday an I was
sent round on the cars being I was
not able to march the regt had to
march one hundred miles to get
on the train I am not well
but I am geting better I was
so bad off a while untell
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I could not get a bout but I
can get a bout now I have bin
hear three days waiting for the
Regt to come up we are going
to old ..Va an if I go there I
never expect to see home anymore
for the yankees are going to
atact Richmond with too
hundred an forty thousand
men and if I fall weepe not
for me but Say he died a brave
volunteer fighting for his
beloved ones a behind him
I pray to god that I may
Servive this war and I want
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you to pray for me too I
may not fall in the contest but
I will reather than lie in the
woods like a negro run away
I dont feel like I would live
long for I am in bad health
an then I See So much trubble
you must not think hard
of this writeing for I tremble
as bad as Sam brown in
my hands I have to grip
the Pen jest as hard as
I can so as to write atall
you must give my love to
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all of my folks an to
yourse and receive a large
Potion for youre Selfe tell
father george that I did not
get a chance to Get him a
negro but i may get him
one in Old ..Va let me no
if you an hes [1] got the money
that I Sent to you or not
I will close by Saying I reman
youre love untell dath
T W G Inglet to his love
Mattie A Inglet dont write tell nxttime