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Livingston va Sunday August 31 the 1862
My Dear wife & children I imbrace the present
opportunity of droping you a few lines I am
not well but I am So I can keepe up I am
in a place cald livingston in a horspitle I am
not to Say Sick I hav the direr & had to march So
hard we hav bin marchen evry day & knight for
a weake had to waid river & creaks the enemy wer
retreaten & we under a force march after them
we got in reach of ther Shels the day I left them
I went to the rapahannac they made Shels fly all
a round us one man wonded in owr company they
have bin fiting for a bout a weak it is Sed ouer
forces ar at manassas that is about sixty miles
from hear ouer forces captur a greate meny
prisners I saw three hundred & ten in one
drov Carie I hav Sean Sits Sens I bin in va
I had to throw all of my clos a way except
what I had on & my blanket I wish I
could get them you made me I cant beg
any hear I I wish you would Send them if
you get the chance if I had tuo shirts
one par pants one par drawers one par
Socks I could make out & wescoate Carie
I sent twenty dolars to you bey
Mr J Denard last wak I tol him
to leave it at S. P. Kimbrough I would
like to know whether you got it or knon
the day I lef the regiment I Saw Sam &
& all the boyes that was up William had
never got to the rg sam sed he had not heard
from him lately all the boyes luok harty
voluntire Wartont luok fat as ever
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J darley Bob Bell ar wel Mr Malden Wm
massey ar well they want me to exchang with
John Tailor John is vry ancious to get in my
company Carie I dont know what do a bout it
thir is a talk of us going back to Savannah
in october if that bee the cace I dont wanter
exchang Carie write if you pleas I hav not
heard from you sens I left Lynchburg
direct your letter to gordonsville va
31 reg Co E car of cap orr Laughton bragade
write write if you pleas giv me all the
nuse your unworthy husban tell death
T A Woodham to N. C. Woodham