Cmap in the Entrenchment va
Sept 27th 1864
Mattie My Friend and Little wife I will
address you this morning with a few lins to
in form you that I am well and I do
hope this may come Safe to hand and find
you and all the famley in the best of
health Dear Wife I have some news to
write to you old Earley has got a licking
up in the Valley he lost 12 cannons and
I dont no how meney men I have not
heard the perticlers of the fight I think
we will starte to the valley soon and
if Hokes Division goes up there the yanks
will have to Skedaddle I would like it
better if we all had blankets if we go up
there with out any Blankets we will
freeze to death but if we go it will be
nothing new to colquetts brigade for
we have ben all a long there times is
harde out heare it use to take a
Regment to tote one companys
rashens and now fore men can
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tote a Regment Rashens and you may
no by that how we have bin reduce
in Rashens and in number but for
all of that Old Grant is a fraid to
but a ganst us with his large army
we had one of our regment shot
through the head jest now mattie
you must give my love to all of my
folks and to youre pa and ma and
baby and tell them that I would
give a heap to see them my dear
little wife how bad I do want to see
you no one can tell but me my god
shall we ever meet a gain I pray
to him dailey and I want you to do
the same I wrote to you babe an
Emmer last weeke you and them
must all rite to me for it is all the
comfret that I have is to read a letter
from some of you tell youre Pa
an ma that I would like to read
a letter from them you must excus
this bad writeing for the yank are shelling
us so untell I cant write hardly
[written across the right-hand side of the page]
My Deare I will close by saying I remain as ever youre loveing
Tomma untell death T W G Inglet to his love mattie