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the
Lynchburg va July 21 the 1862
Dear wife & family one & all I recived
yours of the 12 inst about two houers
a go I was so glad to hear from you all
I taken the letter & want away off to
my Self & red & cryed ovr hit I
could help it & I did try much for it
was the first time I had heard from
you sens I left savannah I had ruther
had that letter then to had ten dolars
thes lines leav me on the mend I had
a risen under my arm about the sise
of a hens egg th Dr lanced it yester day
it run a gradeal I feal beter this even
then I hav sens I left the regiment
I hope I will soo[n] bee well a gain I hope thes
lines my find you all well carie
I under stan they wont receiv a
Substitute I dont know whether it is
So or knon if it bee So thir is know wa
of trying to hire you can tell you pa
of it if it bee So I recond he knows it
if it bee So dont try to hire but if it
aint So I would like to have one the
best in the world Carie I would give
any thing in the world to bee with
you all mabe I would bee some
advantage to your par ten to little
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Thing that he could but I Shal try
to enjoy my Self the best I can & I want
you all to duo the Same I know thir
is not much enjoye ment hear nor
at home but I think if I was clear of this
war & at home I could enjoy my Self vry
well Carie you Sed Something about
Sending me Some close I dont neade
any now I have tuo Soots that is as much
as I can tote if you Send them I will
hav to throw away thes I have the reason
I wrote to you to make them was to have
them redy for winter I want tuo par
pants tuo par drawers two par Socks
tuo Shirts next winter if I Should
live & Stay in the war I would like to
have the nedle ease fited out I have seen
Some of Jacksns men they Say his men
dont carie but one Soot & one blanket
they ar all wais a marchen or retreaten or
fighting he dont have any tents he is
hear to day & yonder tomorwe his men dont
hav any napsacks they role up one
Soot in ther blanket tie it on ther
back & put out I was so glad to hear
the crops wer goo[d] we have a plenty of
rain hear the corn is just comments
Silking hear I cant finish on this
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wheate is vry fine but up in
the valey the yankey would [not?] let
the people cut ther wheate I dont
know what they will due the
people dont plant much corn up
hear they sow a geadeal of grain
clover hay &c Carie when I was
coming through north carlina I saw
a lady plowing & o it made me so
sory I could help from Shedding tears
Carie tell your pa I got a Sample of
n c when I pass through tell him
I could See nothing much but tubentine
orchards & barels of rosum I never saw
the like of turbentine tell him
thir ar Severall n c hear in the
hospital with me they are vry clever
men tell him I like them becaus
they came from the same State he
did nothing more for the old South
[???] carie what has [nou?] [?????] &
Jacksons has has don whether the conscript
has taken them or knon Carie when
I was at gordonsville I sent you
five dolars in a letter I would like
to know whether you got it or knon
the reasen I sent it was becaus
it would [not?] pass up hear not becaus
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I had so much it was not a bank
bill it was & the Savings sociation
& lone of savanah I would like to
know whether you evr got the rice
& trunk or knon I Sent the trunk
by J. M. Cox pade him fifty cents
to carie hit the rice I & John Peek
Sent one hundred lbs half for
you & half for Mr Mathisons it was
back to Cuthbert to Pilip Mathisons
Carie I expect to leave hear in a few
days I am not abel to go but when
the doctor Ses go I have to go liv
or die I cant march with my
napsack gun carting box one
mile without resten to Save
my life the reason whi I write
with apencil is the paper aint
know count I hav ink but it
Spreads all ovr the paper carie
I wish your dream would come to
pass I have drem about you twis
the first time I thort you luoked just
like you did the knit we was marid
the other you & your par was in
ten Step of me talking to me &
I could [not] get to you for a greate
hie wal I woke up crying T. A. Woodham
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5 I was so glad to hear the children was
doing so well I was surprise to hear
of Ener favring John Peek I wai 130
lbs when I left Savannah I waid 144 lbs
I was vry sory to hear of Mr Noulen
death I am sory for his family we get
beter far[e] now then we did when when
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6 I first came hear we get bacon rice surup
coffee lite bread carie I tell you my
daly ocupation is to reede the holy bible
that is all the comfort I hav I am
trying to liv write whither I duo it
or knon I left my ovr coat & bed tick
at gordonsville I could [not] tote it I nvr expect to
gett them