Randolph Ga July the
24 1864
Dear sister tegether with all the family
i set myself to right you a few
lines to let you know no that we are
all well as comon trusten those
few lines may reach your kind
handes in deu time and find
you all well and douing well i hav
nothing strang to right more
than i hird the yankes is geten
clost by i fear tha will cum and
distrouy all we hav got god onley noes
what will becum of us but i dont
sister you Said you wanted to no
how i was geten along i cam am douing
varey well for i hav had good
helth all the summer i hav
worked out all the time and if
i could be let a lone with what
i make i could liv well but i
fer the yankes will brake me up
wee hav maid a fine crop of wheat
and oates and the rest of our
cropes looks vare well if it rains
well make a nuf to do us vare
well i recivd a leter from sister
maley catlett she was well an
brother was well the first of may
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she sent hir love and respects to you
all [J?] J C is geten beter he is gaing what
he wantes to i recivd a kind letter
from william he is in three miles
of atlant Ga but i fear the
yankes will sou[n?] be me and
him he did not git to cum home
this spring atall [??] [????] i want
to se him for he was so kind to me
i never will forget him sister
mother and [??????] was well
[last?] Sunday [????] i think you had
beter stay where you are if you can
untill peace is maid if it ever is
tel the girls take good car of tha[re?]
self i wish them all well tel bud
to be a good boy and mind his
mother tel [betes?] an angia i want
to se them and [????] [?????] but i
dont no when that will be So do
th best you can for youre self I will
do the same excuse my bad riten
and scbling and [??] [??] if you can read this an if you can i will
rit againe right to me so[o]n
so i will cum to a close i remain your sister
L C mangum to mrs