Clinton Tennesee Augstt the 14 1862

Dear wife it is with plesure that
I tke my pen in hand to in form
you tha I am well and doing very
well Considerin everthing I hope these
fiew lines will come safe to hand and
find you all well and doing well I
recievd your letters in due time
and was glad to her from you all
for I was afrade that I would have to
start out whar I cold not get a letter
before I did hear from you you rott to
me to rite oftin it is hardly worth
whill for me to rite after I leave hear
for wen we leave hear we will go
futher in to yankadom to whar letters
Cannot pass much tho I will
rite evry Chance that I Can get
and you must rite as of tan as you
can and direct your letters to
knoxvill and maby I will get som
of them you rote that you herd
that James hifill [1] was dead but it
is not so we have marched a goodeel
and we ar agoin to start in the morning
a gain and I think we will find
Sum of the little fellows that we have
bin huntin for so long a tim
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thar is a bout 10 thousan men hear
and we ar agoing to start in the
morning and i think we wil go
into Kanetucy tho we may go
to nashvill your letters was maled
the 7 of August and I received them the
14 I never was so glad to receive a letter
in my life I started you a letter the
other day and I am in a hury so I wil
tell them all to rite to me for when
i rite to one I rite to all I have a bad
chance to rite you must all do the best
that you can and I will do the
same and cum home as soon as i can
so far well for this time

W P Mangum
To L C Mangum

Kiss little Rebecker for me