T. A. Woodham
to N.C. Woodham 1862
the
Beaulier [1] ga May 25
Dear wife it is with greate
plesur that I seate my
Self for the second tim
to inform you that I am in
the best of healt hoping thes
few lines my find you all
the Sam I wrote to you the
nxt day day after I got hear
which was the 15 I hav waited
for & ancer tell I got out of
hart I hav written Seven letter
sens I hav bin hear I recived know
anser we get the mail evry day only
on Sunday it is sunday now
& it is rain it has bin evry day
ever sens I have bin hear until
now thir is agreadeal of sicness
in ouer regiment we have eight or
ten sic in ouer company thir is avery
bad colf in the camp I haven
taken it yet John Peek [2] has the 
most coal I evry Saw Eli Mc
ckeithen [3] has the chils Doc
[page 2]
Pope is in the hospitle sic with
the fevr thir has bin tuo death
in camps sens I bin hear I like
camp life as well as I expected or
beter ouer company is v[e]ry sivil [4]
to what I expected we have the
largest company in the regiment
we have one hundred & thirty
men but thir is about twelve
that is over & under ages
which will go home as soon ouer comp
is fill out tell William
Burk to come on as soon as he gets
abele I haven drawn any thing only
a tent me & John Peek John [and] Eli
Mc Keithiron [5] tents togather we
got som plank and made
som bunks to to ly on if you
had seen me & John huntink
straw you would of bin sorry
for us we had to go about amile
to get it then it was vry short
I Sluep vry well I havn
got know uniform know bounty
[page 3]
know gun nor nothing but a tent
& I dont know whether I evr will
or how the recuits has to due the
best they can I am in the best
mes in the company Wm Patters
E Harris J Peek graves my Self
& three others you dont know
ar the [????] [???] is eight in [6]
the mes we hired a negro for
twelve dolars he cuoks washes
for us the order of the day is as
follows five in the morning
the role is caul sevn gard
mounted eight company or squad
drill com drill sunset
dress prrade nine role cald
tinn put out lits go to bed
if any one fails to ancer to his
name he is delt with W Patterson
is ouer comaser we get bacon
buef flower meal sirup rice
suger coffee I never hav tasted
of the buef yet we ar living
finly if we can continu
[page 4]
we had a nice mes of fish for
brefus the Salt water fish
is not as guod as the fresh water
fish Carrie I want to see you
& the children vry bad it
luoks like I cant bear the
thorts of staying from
you & them [????????] if it [7]
was not for that I could get
along vry well I beliv camp
life will ruin half the people
what dont get kild & Sicen & die
will get so lazy they wont bee
worth one sent some of the
boyes sleeps all knight &
half the day I could menti
many ones but it would duo
know guod Carrie I saw asite the
other day I saw a woman & alittle
baby one of the captens wives
came to see her husband that
was a site in camp I thort of
you & Etr & Enver I could not help
from shedding tears I cant fin
[page 5] [8]
I was right Sic when I got your
letter but I belve it has about
cured me I Started aletter to you
last monday but I thor[t] I woud
write another you have know
ida how glad I was when I
got your letter I recivd one
from farther the same time
we hav more Sad nuse this
that James Mathisons
was ded John Peek is in so
much truble he got aletter
from home this thir is
a gradeal of sicness in owr
regment thir has bin five
[page 6] [9]
[???????????????] from shedding
tears I can hear that sweate voyes
we hav meeting three or four
times awak som go to church
som sleep som play cards some
play the fidle som dam one
one thing som anthother I have
not fail to go to church sens I
bin hear & I dont expect to while
I am able I havn bin on gard
yet but I hav got to go on in the
morning I hav to stan tuo
howrs & of four for twnty four
thou the weather is vry prety
at pres int I wish this war
would close for it is reched
[page 7]
Carie you must excus my
bad writing the boyes keep
so mch fus I cant write I would
like to know hoo cut ouer wheate
& if any on has plow the corn &
how old feld is gitting on &
if you hav bin to meeting
sens I left & whether that harris
company is gon or non the drums
is beeting I must go & ancer to
my nam I havn heard from
Sam & William yet I was so
sory to hear that william
was sic I went to the hors
pitle the other day it is a rite
to me if I get sic I dont want
to go thir Carie I wish I could
be with you next sunday
[page 8]
to eate irsh Potatoes & pees chicen
&c Carie I hear that Dr Smith
had got to cusing & drinking
befor he lefe va write whether
it is so or non I Saw I Tratman
& buok yesterday they wer well
I haven seen nor heard of the
Mainors sens I landed tell
Jenett I put her letter in the
office carie I will send rets letter
to you I also send you some
stamp write how the oats & ry
is giv my best lov to all enquir
fiend if thir be any give my best
love to all the family & except
the Same to your self god bles
them littl ons your most loving
husban T. A. W. write write
when this you see remember me
[page 9]
Carie Woodham
P.S. Carie as bad as my coal has
bin I have gain 2 ½ lbs sens I landed
the day I got hear I waied 142 I hav
Just waied I waied 144 ½ lbs Carie I
want you to mak me som home
made shirts when you get the chance
if you pleas thes I hav got is tuo
p[???] [????] drill I got so [10]
hot & swethy then I got coal I think
that is wat giv me Shuch a coal
hav them colard perple blue or
broun you nede not bee in too
big hery for I dont know [w]hen I
will get the chance to get them
I dont want you to brake your
Self doun at work & dont take
on about me I want you to pray
for me nevr close your eyes at
knit without praying for me I
dont dout but what you due so
but I thort I would remembr you
of it I hope the tim is not far
of when we may bee permited to [?]
[???] I can enjoy yours & the
[page 10]
& them sweate little ons it would
bee the grates Joy to mee with you
& them I nevr know what I thort
of you & them tell I had to leave
you the drum is beeting I must
go & drill I have just come in
from battalion my Shirt is as
as if I Just had come out
of the river I had to pul it of[f]
col Evens duble quick us
a right smart we panted like
it would of made the
coal chils run ovr you to
seen us drill about eight
hundred men drilling togather
the drum baten the flag
waivn it was the first time
I ever drill in a battalion
drill I recon you all will
get tired of my bad writen
& bad spelling but I cant
help it I will write & you
cant help your self & I want
you to duo the same
[page 11]
Sens I have bin writing
the mail has com & the best
of all I recivd your letter also
one from Ree I was so glad to
hear from you all but was vry
sory to hear that you all had
such bad coalds carie write
whether Smith is going back
know he has shon what he is
by treaten william as he has
write whether your pa has evr
sed any thing about owr Dr bill
or knon & if he aint to due so
if he pleases when I red your letter
I was made to wape & laught
it tiele me to hear of the meney
marid cople carie I dont study
about the war half as much as
I did when I was at home I hade
know ide it would have had such
a fect as it dse we Study a
bout home & you all study
about the war Carie me &
John has a fine tent we drew
[page 12]
a large one we fix it up then
we went doun to the rivr & got
some of the prettest sand you evr
saw & put on owr flour and
before ouer dore I recon you
will get tired of such aletter
as this so nothing more at
present your [?????] loving husban
till death giv my best love to
to all the family except the same
your self giv my best love to
another & family tell them to
write to me I hav wrote to them
if I hav any friends back thar
giv them my best respect
your most loving compainion
tell death T. A. Woodham
write as soon as you get this
giv me all the nues
T. A. W to N C W
M. M. Woodham
E. T. Woodham
god bles your little sals
Carie write whether Eta has forgot
me or knon