Mangum2

Transcription: 

Gorgia Cobb Co Camp M C donald
June the 11 1862
Dear wife I take my seat to night
to drop you a fiew lines to let you no
that I am well hoping this fiew
lines will find you all well and
doing well I went to day and
got my buggar drawd and to night
have the Chance of sending it to
Pery harisons by william Brock
we ar hear yet and I dont no
how long we will stay hear
we may go to Atlanta I cant
tell you must rite and be
shore to rite and tell middletn
to rite and all the rest
it appears like I cannot hear
from home at all you must
look over my bad riting and
Spelling for my pen is bad and
my paper is worse so nothing
more at presant but remains
yours truly until death
so farwell I want to hear from
you very bad W P Mangum
to L C Mangum
W.P. Mangum

Date: 
June 11, 1862
Collection: 

Author(s)

Unit: 
Company E, 34 GA Infantry ("Jackson Farmers")
Rank: 
Private

Recipient(s)

Other: 
Wife of William P. Mangum

From

From State: 
Georgia
From County: 
Cobb
From Note: 
Camp McDonald

To

To State: 
Georgia
To County: 
Jackson

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Toni Mitchell
Transcription Date: 
May, 2011
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
December, 2012

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