Peters Burg Virginia July 22nd 1864
My Deare Little Mattie With A Harte Full of Simpathy an Love I Take
the oppotunity of Writeing you a few lins to let you no
that I am not well but I am up an a bout I do hope
this may come Safe to hand and find you all in good health
my Shugar lump I have nothing much to write to you
only we have bin re leaved too days to rest an that
is news we will go in the ditches a gain to morrow
nite i saw too of our men get blowed up with
a old yankee Shell to day it kill one an wounded
a nother mattie you dont nor cant draw any ide
the danger that I have bin in for the last Seventy
days but thank god I have bin Spaird .. mattie I Saw James
Fitz Gerrel Yesterdy an he is well but dred an Henry
has got the mumps an I Saw nat an Big Jim an
tha ware boath well an harty Mattie you must Tell
old Pa George an Ma Kitty to think of me the
first water melon tha eat Give them my best
love an respects and Tell them that I would like
to see them but I hope the war will soon end
an let us all meat in Peace once more before we
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die tell George To Writ to me an let me no what
sort of a crop he has got tell Babe howdy for
me an tell her an Emmer to write tell all of
my Folks howdy for me an tell them to write
I will have to close for this time So good by my
Little Love Mattie untell I heare from you a gain
T..W..G..Inglet

My Deare Little Wife When this you see Think of me
The Boy that thinks so much of you an hoo is
Willing to die for you I will die reather than see the
yankees Envade youre Home Tom is the
Boy that will Stand up to his native home if
He can get Help and God Help us is my daly
Prayers if God is for us hoo can be a gainst us
if god is for us the hole world may come a
to crush us but tha can never do it

Write Soon to youre love